Court

A small drama played out in the public gallery of the High Court at Rotorua today during the trial of five people charged over the death of toddler Nia Glassie.

A man who saw three-year-old Nia Glassie fly off a revolving clothesline, screaming, told the High Court at Rotorua today he challenged three of the five people charged over her death.

A father and daughter who today admitted abducting the woman's young son are likely to spend time in jail, the judge said today.

The Crown has completed its closing address in the trial of Liam James Reid, after a marathon all-day session in the High Court at Christchurch, accusing him of being a "Jekyll and Hyde" character.

Two school-aged children in the house where Rotorua toddler Nia Glassie lived were also physically and verbally abused by four of the five adults charged over Nia's death, the High Court at Rotorua

A retired army major is blaming his ex-wife for a series of frauds that cost investors almost $1 million.

A teenager has got home detention for the high-speed showing off that cost the life of 20-year-old Elizabeth Hart as she was crossing a Christchurch road.

A man who spent seven months in jail for rape has walked free, after the Court of Appeal overturned the conviction.

Emma Agnew murder accused Liam James Reid said today that scientific evidence against him must arise from accidental transference, contamination, or from being planted.