Mount Maunganui company director Alan Spiers has been convicted of punching Fair Go...

Two men are in hospital with head injuries after being assaulted during the Rugby World Cup celebrations in Auckland last night.

Police apologised for failing to send help to an intellectually disabled man and his caregiver after they rang 111. The pair were sheltering in a locked car as a woman attacked their vehicle and shouted abuse.

A former Kiwi politician has been charged with his wife's murder, a year after she drowned in a fishing accident in Canada.

Rotorua Coroner Wallace Bain is calling for compulsory spot checks of all children from birth...

In Hamilton a group of teenagers tortures a man in his own home, some taking the lead while others stand and watch.

A Temuka man who kidnapped his girlfriend and cut her face has been jailed for two years and four months.

A man who raped a schoolgirl while serving a sentence of community work will spend at least 3-1/2 years in jail.