Court

Two men charged after the shooting death of South Auckland policeman Don Wilkinson early today have been remanded in custody.

A Mt Maunganui truck driver who smashed into a promising young cycling star competing in a major road race has destroyed her hopes of international success, Tauranga District Court heard today.

A Christchurch jury has rapidly rejected a teenager's story that a visiting Australian sportswoman willingly had sex with him on a bench in a dark inner city park.

Two people were found guilty tonight of killing convicted paedophile Glen Stinson.

A judge has reserved his decision in the case of a Masterton surgeon who claimed alcohol handwash pushed him over the legal driving limit.

The retrial of a man accused of drugging his stepdaughter and fondling her breasts began in the Wellington District Court today.

The High Court at Wellington has granted an application for a plea change by a man who admitted killing Wanganui toddler Jhia Te Tua.

A Tauranga woman who admitted assaulting her son claimed it was because she was under stress, had been working 12-hour shifts, was suffering from bronchial pneumonia and had toothache.

A man on trial for the murder of his partner admitted to police he was angry she had gone to Sky City Casino with his brother-in-law two nights earlier, a jury was told today.

A man appeared on his 10th and 11th drink driving offences, committed three months apart, in Tauranga District Court today.