A little girl was sitting on a loose plywood platform on a quad bike when she fell into the path of a mower it was towing and was badly injured.
Parents who care for their severely disabled adult children have been recognised as homeworkers and are entitled to receive the minimum wage, following a landmark ruling today from the country’s top court.
A patched gang member suffered a collapsed lung and fractured eye socket in a beating that lasted several hours and involved weapons, including a hammer and a child’s bike.
A patched gang member suffered a collapsed lung, fractured eye socket and fractured ribs after a beating that lasted several hours and involved various weapons, including a hammer and a child’s bike.
A woman who became increasingly ill in the weeks after her baby was born was later found to have a maternity swab the size of "half an arm" left inside her, a report said.
A woman who became increasingly ill in the weeks after her baby was born was later found to have a maternity swab the size of "half an arm" left inside her, a report said.
A man asked to leave the vineyard home where he was staying in Marlborough got so angry that he burned it down.
Authorities are making legal moves to confiscate the Mongrel Mob's gang pad in Mataura, the scene of a number of "prolonged and tortuous" beatings.
A man asked to leave the vineyard home where he was staying got so angry that he burned it down.
A man who robbed a sports bar tried to claim it couldn’t have been him because he was busy doing his laundry at the time.
A teacher who asked colleagues if they wanted to “do a line” at an after-work Christmas party in a classroom said her actions were “stupid drunken horseplay with some sort of white powder”.
A jailed Christchurch chop shop boss who received $800,000 in stolen cars now looks set to lose millions in property as a result.
Jailed Christchurch chop shop boss Abdul Ahmadi received $800,000 in stolen cars and now looks set to lose millions in property as a result.
A month after Steven Gardiner was assaulted, he became so frustrated at the police progress on his case that he decided to take matters into his own hands.
A pregnant woman was advised that she didn’t need to do further testing for Down syndrome because there was an extremely rare chance her daughter would have the genetic condition.
A pregnant woman was advised that she didn’t need to do further testing for Down syndrome because there was an extremely rare chance her daughter would have the genetic condition.
A first-year teacher elbowed and slapped an 8-year-old student with behaviour challenges after the student threw yoghurt over her.
A month after Steven Gardiner was assaulted, he became so frustrated at the police progress on his case that he decided to take matters into his own hands.
An argument over a water tank ended with a South Island man trying to kill his father with an axe.
An argument over a water tank ended with a man trying to kill his father with an axe.
