Terror and pain coursed through the body of a teen girl who was being held in a bedroom and repeatedly raped.
Terror and pain coursed through the body of a teen girl who was being held in a bedroom and repeatedly raped.
A man who held his previous partner hostage for 15 hours, strangling her twice and forcing her to take MDMA, has failed to have his sentence reduced.
An Invercargill man who fractured the eye socket of his former partner and continued to harass her while on bail has been sentenced to home detention.
A teenager accused of sexually and emotionally abusing a 14-year-old girl has failed in a bid to continue competing in the sport where he met her.
A teenage sportsman accused of sexually and emotionally abusing a 14-year-old girl has failed in a bid to be allowed to continue competing in the sport where he met her.
A Cromwell man says bystanders cheered him on as he did a "long and sustained" burnout in central Queenstown.
Neil Cameron has spent years in and out of tribunals and the courts trying to settle with a landlord who claimed he was owed rent and the company that bungled repairs to his quake-damaged townhouse.
There are multiple avenues for people seeking justice and each year nearly 100,000 Kiwis pursue $150 million worth of claims through the civil justice system. Some who take this route win - but still don't get justice.
Seven years after entering a costly dispute with a building company, Suzanne and Mark Chamberlain have finally moved on - and marked their fresh start with the birth of their first child.
A passenger on an Air NZ commercial flight was shocked to find a prisoner sitting nearby in handcuffs and flanked by uniformed guards with protective vests.
Sentencing notes from recent murder cases reveal common backgrounds, where the killers experienced violence and deprivation in their childhoods.
A US tourist on the first day of his holiday caused a "terrible, horrible tragedy" for another group of holidaymakers when he hit them head-on.
A mechanic who defrauded a Christchurch couple says he will move to Australia after completing his court sentence.
Grieving families say the recent funding boost for critical emergency services did not go far enough as complaints rise and ambulance staff continue to be overworked.
A drunk man who groped and taunted a waitress at an Alexandra establishment says it was "a blip".
A drunk man who groped and taunted a waitress at an Alexandra establishment says it was "a blip".
Graham Philip, who attacked the North Island power grid in 2021, walked free from Tongariro Prison this morning.
A Christchurch man with 163 convictions has lost his bid to be released from jail early because of the impact his imprisonment is having on his 11 children.
A Christchurch man with 163 convictions has lost his bid to be released from jail early because of the impact his imprisonment is having on his 11 children.