A "technical issue" with police's incident management tool may have led to sensitive information that was supposed to be redacted during disclosure being made visible.

The man who murdered five people by lighting a fire at the central Wellington boarding house must spend at least 22 years in jail.

A coroner has criticised a disability service for not urgently addressing a mother's safety fears for her autistic, non-verbal son later found dead in a pond at his home in rural Gisborne.

The Corrections boss has been ordered to obey the law or face contempt of court proceedings if he fails to make sure prisoners aren't let out of their cells for an hour every day.

The police union's president says officers now face a long process to regain the public's trust.