Law

A Whangārei District Council meeting to discuss a legal challenge against fluoridation will now take place next week in public.

Four people were charged with endangering transport, which carries a maximum 14-year jail term.

The Commerce Commission has filed criminal charges against meal delivery company HelloFresh NZ for alleged misleading behaviour.

One Restore Passenger Rail protester has been found not guilty of endangering transport during protests against climate change, but there is still no verdict on the other three accused.

The first five $150,000 rapid payments were made on Monday.

While denying the claims from incidents on Waiheke Island, the British author claims if the case was heard it should be in New Zealand.

A man has been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison for the two instances of sexual violence he inflicted on his then-partner.

Police dropped road spikes on an Auckland motorway in error, causing seven passing cars to have their tyres popped.

After two days of deliberations, a jury has retired for the weekend without reaching a verdict in the trial of Restore Passenger Rail protesters.

Democrats say the ruling shows that the US President's power to freeze spending is not unlimited.

Up to 300 New Zealanders a year are administered electric shock treatment - and the vast majority are happier for it.

A jury has heard that New Zealand's major cities could be underwater by the end of this century during the trial of climate activists who hung banners over Wellington's State Highways.

The government wants to make retail a safer work environment by allowing for citizen's arrests. One legal expert fears the change will have the opposite effect.