Court

A witness accused by the defence of shooting a police officer in south Auckland in 2009 today denied being the gunman.

A court-imposed suppression order on the name of a man charged with murdering a woman in Tauranga on Sunday and trying to murder her daughter has lapsed.

A man appeared in court today charged with murder and attempted murder in what police described as a domestic-related homicide in Tauranga yesterday.

A jury in the High Court at Palmerston North has today found a man not guilty of murdering a 3-year-old girl but guilty of her manslaughter.

Two people will face charges after a fatal jetski crash near Rotorua in January. 

One of two teenagers charged with attempted murder after a policeman was attacked with a machete at Taihape on December 11 last year has pleaded guilty.

A former ACC national property manager has admitted taking a bribe worth $160,000, accepting a $9000 business trip to Singapore and passing on a confidential document. 

A coronial inquest into the apparent murder-suicide deaths of three people near Feilding in the Manawatu last year will begin today. 

Alexandra police have warned they will not tolerate any intimidation of witnesses in court cases, after an incident at the Alexandra District Court yesterday.