Dog owner Rowan Hargreaves says he will never forget the day two of his neighbours drove on to his property and shot dead 33 of his "friends and family''.
A man caught with more than 6000 child sex photos only four months after leaving prison has been sentenced to five years in prison.
The "Urewera Four'' will not be re-tried on a charge of belonging to an organised criminal group.
The "Urewera Four'' will not be re-tried on a charge of belonging to an organised criminal group.
An Auckland man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a mate who clung to a balcony railing before his fingers were prised and he fell to his death.
A man accused of shoulder-barging a teenager at an Auckland skate park faces a fresh charge of assault.
A police officer who went to the scene of a mass dog shooting has told a court he found the owner of 33 shot dogs nursing a puppy that had survived.
One of two men accused of massacring 33 dogs took potshots at a puppy as it tried to escape the bloodbath, a court has been told.
A woman says she was lucky not to be paralysed after suffering a broken back on a holiday jetboat trip in the Bay of Islands.
Nathan Boulter dangled his ex-girlfriend from a balcony before hitting her in the head and dragging her over farmland, sparking a 38-hour manhunt.
Cancer-stricken rugby player Kurtis Haiu has appeared in court on a drink driving charge and is alleged to have been one and-a-half times over the limit.
One of the men accused of shooting 33 of his neighbour's dogs admitted to police that "things got a little out of hand'', a court has heard.
A 20-year-old Auckland man has appeared in court charged with stabbing his 95-year-old neighbour in the head.
A decision on whether to retry the "Urewera Four'' on the charge of belonging to an organised group has been delayed.
A judge who allowed a comedian to walk free from an indecent assault charge against his 4-year-old daughter made an error of law, the High Court at Auckland has been told.
Terito Henry Miki used fake names and qualifications to get work as a teacher - because he was a convicted child sex offender who was not allowed to be alone with children.
A brothel owner was warned that her house would be burned down and she would be involved in a traffic crash if she did not pay money for "protection'', a court has been told.
A 24-year-old unemployed man has appeared in court in relation to the 2008 kidnapping and murder of Christchurch prostitute Mellory Manning.
The family of murdered woman Carmen Thomas have welcomed the sentence handed to her killer Brad Callaghan.
A woman whose innocent son was gunned down by police on Auckland's northwestern motorway wept today as she revealed she has written to the police officer who fired the fatal shots but has not heard anything back.