Court

A retrial has been ordered for Peter Lloyd Machirus in the seven-week Operation Rhino crime ring trial.

Nia Glassie's mother says she did not want to admit there was anything wrong when her toddler would not wake up the day after the Crown alleges the three-year-old was fatally kicked in the head.

Marie Davis wasn't home when her sister Amy returned there on April 6, but the doors were locked, the windows closed, and some bedding missing.

The mother of murdered Wanganui toddler Jhia Te Tua broke down in court today as she described the moment she realised her daughter had been killed by a bullet from a drive by shooting.

A Rotorua jury heard today that murder accused Michael Curtis would give his partner a "slap up".

Nia Glassie's mother has admitted she should have got medical help for her daughter well before the 36 hours it took to do so.

The killing of Wanganui toddler Jhia Te Tua was the culmination of gang tension between Black Power and Mongrel Mob members, which had been building through the day, the High Court at Wellington wa

Scientific evidence has been suppressed in the depositions hearing of Dean Stewart Cameron for the rape and murder of Papanui High School teenager Marie Davis.

Lisa Kuka says she really spoilt Nia Glassie, her sixth and last child, after the little girl was born in 2004.

Former Waikato rugby player Isaac Boss says he has been cleared of a rape allegation levelled against him in Ireland.