In almost two years 1500 New Zealanders have been sentenced under the three strikes legislation, passed in June 2010 and modelled on the same controversial law used in California.
A man who sexually violated and raped a girl when she was aged about 13 and who repeatedly offended against her in the same way when she was 17, resulting in her having a baby, has been jailed for 12 years.
A father who washed his son's blood-stained clothing after the murder of a young man at Warrington 16 months ago has apologised to the dead man's family.
Two unemployed teenage brothers yesterday admitted robbing an Oamaru dairy in May of herbal highs, after one drove a car to the shop and the other committed the robbery armed with a knife.
Three "grossly intoxicated" Saudi Arabian men were kept in police detox for more than six hours after one continued to make prehistoric bird noises in Queenstown.
Prime Minister John Key has detailed how the Government plans to achieve the "ambitious" target of reducing crime by 15 per cent in the next five years.
At 12.05am Monday, a Queenstown man was arrested and charged with driving while disqualified. The man's car was subsequently impounded for 28 days and he is due to appear in court on June 18.
The partner of a man accused of shooting at police was arrested when she was found hiding in the back of a car police suspected had been used to steal fuel from a forecourt.