Felicity Dear

A drunk man who groped and taunted a waitress at an Alexandra establishment says it was "a blip".

A George St landlord and "sovereign citizen" has been fined $25,000 after refusing to display a notice declaring his building earthquake-prone.

A Mosgiel man stole a pensioner’s wallet and went on a shopping spree while the victim was on his way to report the crime.

A Dunedin man who took photos of a half-naked stranger and downloaded child exploitation material says he was "groomed" into illegal behaviour.

The owner of a Milton company has been fined $52,000 for illegally storing about 55,000 used tyres, which he claimed he would convert into biofuel.

An Invercargill construction company has to pay a former worker nearly $30,000 after it misused a 90-day trial clause to fire him.

A judge has rebuked a violent Dunedin man and told him to "have a good look in the mirror" after he struck his partner in the head.

A woman who was violated dozens of times as a child says she does not hate her abuser.

A bouncer at an Invercargill nightclub gave CPR to a man who was stabbed and died on the street moments later, a jury has heard.

The girlfriend of a man who was stabbed outside the Invercargill courthouse has described her desperate efforts to save his life.

A man who was stabbed outside the Invercargill courthouse said he did not expect a dangerous situation to unfold that night.

A man who was stabbed about an inch away from his heart after a drug deal gone wrong has told a jury he thought he was going to die.

A man left an Invercargill nightclub in an agitated state moments before he was stabbed, a jury has heard.

A man who was fatally stabbed outside the Invercargill Courthouse may have been associated with a gang, a jury has heard.

A jury has been shown CCTV footage of a man dancing moments before he was fatally stabbed outside the Invercargill courthouse.

A man who stabbed two people outside the Invercargill courthouse in a drug deal gone wrong is defending charges of murder and attempted murder.

A high-risk violent criminal who beat up his pregnant partner and smashed her head into a metal pole is back in prison after breaching a court order for the 13th time.

The man behind a popular Oamaru brewery is embroiled in a legal stoush with his wife after firing her amid an acrimonious split.

The man behind a popular Oamaru brewery is embroiled in a legal stoush with his wife after firing her amid an acrimonious split.