Court

A man who raped a woman in her south Auckland home in 2006, has had his minimum sentence in prison reduced three years by the Court of Appeal.

A mental health assessment has been ordered for a Christchurch man charged with making 72 annoying phone calls.

An Auckland father has been ordered to stand trial charged with murdering his 11-week-old daughter.

A woman who lost control of a motor scooter when she had a two-year-old toddler riding with her, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving causing death in the Christchurch District Court toda

The south Auckland man jailed for killing a teenage tagger has yet to decide on whether to appeal for bail before Christmas.

A man who beat to death his convicted sex offender stepfather and then set fire to his house has been jailed for 5-1/2 years.

A father and son charged following an incident during a touch rugby game in Queenstown on Monday in which a man was allegedly knocked unconscious now face more serious charges.

A Wanganui District Court judge was left "singularly unimpressed" when high profile lawyer Chris Comeskey failed to show up at the start of a pre-trial hearing in the Waiouru medals theft case tod

A prison inmate who kidnapped and assaulted a woman prison guard was today jailed indefinitely.

A woman who hit her sister's ex-boyfriend with a baseball bat, causing spleen damage which led to his death, was today jailed for manslaughter.