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.
The actions of a group of young men who posted "video montages" of assaults on gay men they had lured through Grindr have been described as "a hate crime".
A once-trusted teacher is beginning a jail sentence as a registered child sex offender after pleading guilty to charges involving five of his students.
Storm Uriah Constable-Carter once told an internet user he wanted to be a “famous child sex offender”.
A Bay of Plenty man has been fined for doing unconsented building work, including a poolside cabana with a kitchen, at his beachfront Pāpāmoa property.
A man charged with stealing a New Zealand flag, defaced with the words "Please walk on me", from an art gallery said he went to the exhibition hoping that it would be hanging on a wall or behind a barrier.
For thousands of Kiwi children Christmas is a time split between court orders and family traditions.
Dozens of people suffered “devastating” heartbreak after discovering they had been scammed out of millions by a couple they trusted with their savings.
Dozens of people suffered “devastating” heartbreak after discovering they had been scammed out of millions by a couple they trusted with their savings
Authorities are moving to confiscate the Mongrel Mob’s gang pad in Mataura, the scene of a number of "prolonged and tortuous" beatings.
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.
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.
