Hana Garrett-Walker

A 19-year-old man accused of murdering Radio New Zealand journalist Phillip Cottrell made an obscene gesture to police from the stand during his brief appearance in court this morning.

The Civil Aviation Authority investigator who allegedly forged an email presented to an inquest into a mid-air collision will defend charges against him, his lawyer says.

Hundreds of people poured into the Royal New Zealand Police College north of Wellington this morning to remember police staff who lost their lives while on duty.

It's the kind of plot twist that would set tongues wagging up and down the famous Wetherfield cobbles.

A Porirua woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding a 142-year-old Catholic society of more than $1 million.

An experienced New Zealand sailor and a colleague are missing after their yacht disappeared between Bermuda and Ireland.

New Zealand troops in Afghanistan are safe after Taliban insurgents attacked Kabul's diplomatic district overnight (NZT).

A man who allegedly grabbed the steering wheel of a car in which he was a front-seat passenger, swerving it into an oncoming bus, had done it before, a jury has been told.