Court

A man who took a woman and a child hostage on the West Coast in an attempt to get police to kill him has been jailed for two years.

An inmate at Wellington's Rimutaka Prison will be released nearly three months early after he spotted a rare legal oversight.

A youth who took part in a gang bashing and robbery in a Christchurch street told a probation officer he thought it was "cool", a court has been told.

Heron Construction Co Ltd has admitted failing to ensure the safety of two employees who died when their inflatable craft was lost at the entrance to Christchurch's Lyttelton Harbour in stormy seas

A 44-year-old Otaki man will appear in court next week after a joint police-Customs drugs bust in the Horowhenua town this morning.

A man accused of murdering a toddler in Palmerston North last month can now be identified.

A man who stabbed two people after a scuffle in the street in Christchurch in July last year was sentenced to seven years' jail today.

Two teenagers have been arrested for an attack on a pizza delivery man in Christchurch last month.