A victim says she hopes the Christchurch man who beat her with a wooden baseball bat and held her at knifepoint because she refused to have sex with him gets the help he needs in jail.
A teenager who fatally kicked a stranger in central Christchurch has been released from prison and placed on home detention.
The man whose company designed the six-storey CTV building that collapsed in the February 22, 2011, earthquake, killing 115 people, has been accused of one of the “worst engineering failures in the country”.
A woman who bought a luxury yacht that was later seized due to money owed on it has told a Christchurch court the man who sold it to her was “the most unpleasant and deceitful person I’ve ever come across”.
A doctor issued medical certificates to some patients, stating the Covid vaccine would not be suitable for them, despite having no sufficient evidence to back up the claim.
A doctor issued medical certificates to some patients, stating the Covid vaccine would not be suitable for them, despite having no sufficient evidence to back up the claim.
A businessman with more than 100 convictions for dishonesty offending, including duping an elderly widow of $20,000 and ripping off a church, has had his jail term reduced.
A 43-year-old man has pleaded guilty to his role in the abuse of a young boy who was found severely emaciated with burns and fractured vertebrae.
A man has pleaded guilty to child abuse after a little boy was found malnourished with fractured bones and burn marks from a cigarette lighter.
A jury is today set to decide what Mark Nicholl snr’s intentions were on the night one of his sons and a family friend were killed in a crash that also seriously injured two of his other sons.
A father has described his mind going blank after he saw a vehicle with his three sons inside spinning out of control before colliding with a ute, killing two and seriously injuring two others.
A teenager who killed another teen by punching him in the head has appealed his sentence of three years imprisonment, arguing that the punishment he received is “not a good fit” for the crime he committed.
A 23-year-old Christchurch man who repeatedly beat his friend with a skateboard as he dropped to the floor has claimed he was in “grave danger” and acted in self-defence.
A 23-year-old Christchurch man who repeatedly beat his friend with a skateboard as he dropped to the floor has claimed he was in “grave danger” and acted in self-defence.
A mass murderer who killed his three young sons during a rampage fuelled by a relationship breakdown has taken the New Zealand Parole Board to court.
An elderly woman was watching the rugby when a stranger walked through the front door of her Canterbury retirement village home and held a knife to her throat.
A sleeping man who woke to the sound of screaming in the early hours of the morning ran outside to find his teenage daughter curled up and bloodied on the ground in front of their family home in Christchurch.
A man who was taught all things sexual were “the work of the devil” went on to install cameras in a home to secretly film a young woman showering.
A homeless man who lingered outside a Christchurch yoga studio called the business 143 times and left bizarre voice messages before hitting the studio owner with a metal pole.
A homeless man who lingered outside a yoga studio began harassing the staff, called the business 143 times and left bizarre voice messages before hitting the studio owner with a metal pole.