Court

A Christchurch teenager charged with damaging the Prime Minister's VIP car last week has been granted a registrar's remand without the need of an appearance before a judge today at Christchurch Dis

A Cromwell man was remanded in custody after appearing in the Alexandra District Court yesterday to face five charges, including three of assault.

Thirty-four breaches of the Tax Administration Act have cost a former Queenstown plasterer $43,500.69 in costs and reparation and earned him 280 hours' community work.

A man who raped and sexually violated an intoxicated young woman he found sleeping in a student flat he burgled, has been sentenced to 7 years' jail - with a minimum non-parole period of 3 years.

A man accused of murdering his best friend thought the man had raped his wife and is arguing provocation as his defence, his lawyer told a court today.

A bridge-swing organiser accused of the manslaughter of a Massey University student who fell to her death last year was very careful when it came to safety, a Palmerston North court has been told.

Five people have been arrested and will appear in Christchurch District Court today after an early morning armed police drugs swoop on a number of properties in the South Island.

Two men accused of murdering an undercover police officer in south Auckland in 2008 were on a "homicidal mission," the Crown alleged at their trial in the High Court at Auckland today.