An escort who tends "to live by her own rules" has been sentenced after she used a ruse to gain access to her clients’ phones to transfer thousands of dollars out of their bank accounts and stole from a Christchurch business.
The owner of a greyhound that tested positive for meth after winning a race in Christchurch claims he has no idea how his dog came into contact with it.
Parties, loud music, graffiti and a woman scaling the side of a building to escape an alleged domestic violence situation have seen a tenant chucked out of her apartment.
A greyhound that tested positive for meth after winning its race has its owner and racing investigators scratching their heads about how the dog was contaminated.
Nine years ago, Harry was a typical teenager who started on a course of Isotretinoin to get rid of acne. It was a decision that his family claims has drastically and perhaps irreversibly altered his life forever.
A woman working as an escort used a ruse to gain access to clients’ phones, then transferred thousands of dollars out of their bank accounts.
During a time when life should have centred on having fun with friends and making plans for the future, one teen girl instead shouldered the weight of sexual trauma and the justice system.
A German shepherd breeder who was banned from owning dogs for almost a decade has tried to have the prohibition overturned.
A man serving a 14-year prison sentence for raping two teenage girls put a razor blade in his mouth in a bid to stop prison officers moving him to a different unit.
A man fighting to establish the mother and father named on his birth certificate are not his real parents has claimed he was subjected to hypnotic coercion and his mother was involved in baby-farming organised by eugenicists.
After gathering crayfish and pāua with his mates during a dive trip at a remote South Island beach, a man took to social media with a picture of a seafood in a chiller bag and the words “30 each, big ones 50″.
Open Justice reporter Al Williams looks at an operation that exploited gaps in airport security, using commercial flights and tow trucks to move drugs and cash.
Open Justice reporter Al Williams looks at a Christchurch-based operation that exploited gaps in airport security, using commercial flights and tow trucks to move drugs and cash.
Customs is warning organised criminal groups are continuing to smuggle card-skimming equipment into the country.
A teacher who tried to buy a student’s ADHD medication will have to convince the Teaching Council he’s fit to be an educator if he wants to return to the profession.
A teen stepmum who inflicted severe fatal abdominal injuries on a toddler has won a bid to have the Supreme Court reassess her jail sentence.
A teen stepmum who inflicted severe fatal abdominal injuries on a toddler has won a bid to have the Supreme Court reassess her jail sentence.
A woman who listed a tiny home for sale that didn't exist before pocketing the money will now pay the victim back at $20 a week.
A judge has described the actions of a man who repeatedly hit his dog with a large square shovel, and later assaulted his daughter, as "callous and cruel treatment" of the animal.
A Southland teacher aide who collected exploitative online material and expressed a desire to sexually abuse a young child has had his prison sentence quashed.
