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Police have charged a 48-year-old man with murder in relation to a fatal house fire in Whangārei in April this year.

Lawyers at six firms will each do 25 hours of pro bono work per year for people who cannot afford to pay for representation.

He evaded capture for years. But now he has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his "sustained campaign of terror".

An Australian designer must rebrand her business after a "David and Goliath" battle with the pop star.

A man abused by a former political figure says he is blown away by a proposal to end secrecy around sex offenders' identities. Audio

An inquest into the cyclist's suspected suicide heard she was burned out nd presenting as having severe anxiety and depression before her death.

The Detail - Defence lawyers say there are better ways of clearing clogged courts than the government's plan to have fewer jury trials.

All charges against the Destiny Church leader for breaches of Covid-19 restrictions have been dismissed and dropped, his lawyer Ron Mansfield says.

A court has heard a group of men with chequered pasts are not making up claims they were abused as boys in a state care home.

She was found guilty of assaulting an airport worker at a judge-alone trial in May.

The flights Tingjun Cao purchased from Christchurch to Auckland, and then to Shanghai totalled just over $700, a court has heard.

Oranga Tamariki is hiring support services for children who have been victims of sexual violence, to help them through court cases.

The father of Olivia Podmore has described her death as a "grievous, senseless, and entirely preventable tragedy" at the opening of an inquest into the Rio Olympian's suspected suicide in August 2021.

Jordan Adams was a confident swimmer but drowned after jumping into a swollen river in November 2021.

Westport accountant Frank Dooley has lost his defamation case against Buller Mayor Jamie Cleine.

The pair fear repercussions for themselves and families for being associated with the terrorist, a court has heard.

Police say three women facing shoplifting charges left the court room and went on to steal the number plates off a vehicle parked directly outside before going on a shoplifting spree in Pukekohe.