Warning: graphic content. A teenaged stepmum who inflicted severe fatal abdominal injuries on a toddler has appealed to have her prison sentence halved.

A $1.4 billion national ticketing solution has been delayed by a year, with a review finding NZTA's original timings for the plan were "overly ambitious".

A jury has heard the 111 call Loafers Lodge resident Liam Hockings made to emergency services on the night of a fatal fire at the boarding house in Wellington. 

A high-flying businessman who attempted to pull off a $400,000 electric-vehicle scam has lost name suppression in a Dunedin court.

A quad bike, some tyres and cans of Sprite are among the belongings seen in the first photos of the campsite where fugitive Tom Phillips and his children had recently been staying.

A jury has been told traces of the anti-depressant drug Nortriptyline were found in the bodies of two children allegedly killed by their mother and left in suitcases.