Court

A man who allegedly took photographs of a prostitute performing lewd acts with her 15-year-old daughter appeared in court today.

The jury in trial of Malcolm Webster, charged with murdering his first wife and attempting to murder his second wife, a New Zealander, is expected to retire to consider its verdicts tonight.

A man charged with physically abusing a baby boy who now has permanent brain damage will stay in custody until his next appearance in Whakatane District Court on May 18.

An 8-year-old boy was left with a broken elbow in plaster for four weeks and broken trust in his father after being dropped from head height, Judge Stephen Erber was told in Christchurch District C

A former teenage beauty queen has been jailed for a year on a raft of offences, including a "sham" marriage to a Chinese man.

A despicable act, worthy only of contempt - that was how a judge described a man's theft of emergency generators soon after Christchurch's February 22 earthquake.

Two men were arrested and charged this morning in relation to a double fatal road crash in Manawatu in February.

Name suppression remained in place for a former MP when he went on trial in Auckland District Court today on fraud charges involving nearly $2 million.