While police are "broadly in favour", the government's proposed anti-gang laws are facing pushback from lawyers, rights groups and former gang members.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks as the upper house of parliament finally passed required legislation.
Prosecutors on the first day of Trump's criminal hush money trial say the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defense lawyer said he committed no crime.
A promoter of a sophisticated pyramid scheme, self-described as one of the biggest scammers in New Zealand, has been convicted in North Shore District Court on five charges under the Fair Trading Act.
A Belgian man was acquitted of a drink-driving charge because he suffers from auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition whereby the body produces alcohol.
The "reclusive" Dunedin man whose body was found last week was Peter Alexander Robb, who made international headlines when an internet romance went wrong.