Court
Teen accused of raping 13-yr-old at party
A teenager appeared in court today charged with raping a 13-year-old girl outside a 16th birthday party on the Kapiti Coast last year.
Nelson woman fined for throwing kitten
A Nelson woman who broke her kitten's leg when she threw it at her boyfriend's car has been fined $200.
Two more charged over passports
Two more people have been charged over the alleged sale of fake passports to Pacific Island overstayers.
Brother tells court of unprovoked attack
Patrick Allan Daken told police he had no idea why his younger brother Kelly suddenly attacked him with a metal poker and tried to kill him at their home in Port Levy, on Banks Peninsula.
Man admits shooting mother of two
A man has admitted shooting dead Wanganui woman Nadine Timmins in June last year.
Second jailed for growing pot in school
At the age of 21, Steven Reece Galbraith has a criminal record stretching to five pages of print-out, mostly for dishonesty offences to get money to support his drug habit.
Rope in bridge swing death too long - court told
A rope from which a student fell to her death near Woodville in Manawatu in March was too long and not secured properly, a court was told today.
Ex-broadcaster to stand trial on drug charges
A former high profile TV and radio broadcaster is to stand trial for manufacturing methamphetamine.