Court

A former airline baggage handler threw his 4-year-old daughter off a cliff because he didn't want to pay child support, a prosecutor told jurors during an impassioned closing argument in the man's

The first of the people charged after the weekend's Undie 500 riots in Dunedin appeared in court today.

Two men have admitted the slaughter of more than 30 birds at a South Canterbury aviary.

Connor Morris, the boyfriend of troubled former model Millie Elder, faces more criminal charges after a police search allegedly found methamphetamine and a glass pipe.

Reparations of almost $30,000 will be sought from two visiting Bulgarians who have admitted "skimming" attacks on automatic money machines.

A woman faces 23 charges of assault against five children when they were in her care over the past two years.

A senior cop convicted of driving drunk says he is embarrassed by his actions but hopes to keep his job as an instructor at the Porirua Police College.

A teenager arrested after the body of a premature baby was discovered in west Auckland last month now faces a charge of murder.

The jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the case of an Auckland woman accused of inflicting head injuries which almost caused the death of her four-year-old son.

A Far North woman charged with the murder of a Kaitaia toddler will have name suppression until at least September 23.