Court

A Wellington man who binged on methamphetamine and alcohol in the days before he kidnapped a woman and beat her unconscious has been sent to jail for four and a-half years.

A man has pleaded not guilty to charges laid after an early morning police raid on a central Auckland apartment block yesterday.

A 30-year-old woman will appear in court this afternoon charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death in Gisborne on Tuesday.

A police witness in the Urewera trial has refused to answer questions from a defence lawyer because the answers could "compromise operation methods''.

The man charged with murdering Wellington journalist Phil Cottrell will spend another six weeks in custody after a report found an issue with his proposed bail address.

The former helicopter pilot convicted in 2008 of stealing large quantities of greenstone from the Cascade Plateau could lose his $1.8 million Haast farm under the Courts and Criminal Matters Act, w

A Crown witness in the trial of three former Bridgecorp directors said the defence was "word-smithing'', during his cross-examination in the High Court at Auckland this morning.

A man who organised an underage sex tour to Thailand has been jailed for three years.

Three strikes law champion and former ACT MP David Garrett has notched up his own third offence after today admitting drink driving.

The four defendants in the Urewera raids trial have pleaded not guilty to all 13 charges of belonging to an organised criminal group and possessing guns.