Court

The man dubbed New Zealand's "most dangerous stalker'' has pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal harrasment.

A former long-term committee member of the Lawrence Rugby Football Club has admitted failing to account for money from firewood sold as a club fundraiser in 2009 and 2010.

Two people are to appear in court over the ramming of a police car in the Waikato community of Kihikihi.

Actress Lucy Lawless and six other Greenpeace activists who face burglary charges after occupying an oil exploration ship at Port Taranaki have had their day in court shifted again.

A man who set fire to his wife on a rural Waikato roadside before fleeing to Fiji has been sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 14 years and six months for her murder.

A police officer has walked free from the Rotorua District Court after being found not guilty of seriously assaulting a man he was trying to arrest.

The Crown has asked for jail sentences for the Lombard Finance four, saying they have shown no remorse, did not plead guilty and had offered little reparation.

Megaupload millionaire Kim Dotcom and his family have been granted a $60,000 a month living allowance.