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A young man who held his former partner hostage for almost eight hours, repeatedly raping and assaulting her, had his appeal for a shorter sentence denied today.

Two youths who used a knife to rob young women on the streets of Mt Maunganui on New Year's Day have been jailed for five years.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an Invercargill company manager's appeal against a nine-month jail sentence.

The long-running case of a former King Country farming couple trying to clear their name after a fatal bridge collapse on their property in 1994 continued at the Court of Appeal in Wellington today

A High Court jury has heard evidence about the "pastoral gesture" process carried out by the Order of St John of God, in which boys alleging sexual abuse at Marylands School were interviewed and re

Former Marylands School brother, Rodger William Moloney, will give evidence in his defence at his trial on 28 charges of sexual abuse of boys at the school in the 1970s.

The sentences for two men found guilty of importing a date rape drug with a street value of about $1 million have been reduced by two years by the Court of Appeal.

Surf-rage had emerged among older surfers in Hawke's Bay with one of them landing in court.

Susie Smith, 62, said a man slammed into her board last week and held her head underwater for more than five seconds. She claimed the incident was caught on camera.

A New Zealander and a man he tried to race have been jailed after their serial drink driving killed a motorcyclist in Tasmania.