Court

A man who tried to break up a fight over a messy kitchen ended up being fatally stabbed in the neck, while another man was stabbed in the shoulder.

Waitangi Tribunal claimants will appeal a High Court decision to overturn a summons order from the Tribunal for Children's Minister Karen Chhour.

The minister was due to give evidence on Friday regarding the government's plans to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act

The 21-year-old took his fight to keep his name secret to the country's highest court, but his loss means it can be published on 14 June.

In March, the church appealed a High Court ruling that dismissed its claim to be excluded from the investigation.

Conservationists are butting heads about the best way to control Fiordland's wapiti elk populations, now the subject of a legal stoush.

A sexually motivated burglary which ended in a fatal struggle took the life of a much-loved mother, grandmother, sister and auntie, a court has heard.

Jobs were given to dock workers already busy with other tasks, an expert witness says.

The Australian woman has faced court for the first time in five months over the alleged mushroom poisonings of her relatives.

Layna Brown committed at least 11 burglaries over the course of a year to feed her addictions, stealing anything from bank cards to a brand new electric bike, still in its packaging.

Keith Anthony McEwen was sentenced to preventive detention for the abduction of a Dutch couple on their honeymoon.

Daniel Vale has a fiery criminal history.

David Hawken and Rebecca Wright-Meldrum have been sentenced to life with no parole for 10 years for their parts in the 1995 killing.

The current law isn't fit for purpose, a clinical psychologist says. Audio