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Big Read: How 'tough on crime' equals votes and bulging prisons
Andrew Little's justice reform could fall victim to 'hot button' politics.
Canterbury man fails to prove quake damage
Man's failed effort to prove earthquake damage means his insurance doesn't have to pay up.
He killed victim with wheel lock and burnt body, but insists it wasn't a callous murder
He beat victim to death with wheel lock, wrapped the body in carpet and set fire to it.
Wrongly jailed: Napier man walks free on partner's domestic violence, sex abuse claims
Domestic and sexual abuse convictions and sentence quashed.
Family devastated by not guilty verdict
Reginald Sharma, 25, died at a house party in the early hours of August 19 last year.
Teen forged licences for Auckland high school students
A waitress was suspected of helping underage students get into Auckland's bars and clubs.
'Cocktail of disabilities': Judges alarmed at youth crims' mental health woes
Up to 75 per cent of youths involved in justice system have a mental disorder: research.
Actor Pua Magasiva back before the courts
The Flava radio station host was disqualified from driving for drink driving.
Driver guilty of carving up rugby league team's fields
Driver's drunken doughnuts forced Hornby Panthers to play their games elsewhere.
One-punch manslaughter accused not guilty
Reginald Sharma died after being felled by a punch at a party last year.
Taranaki mother pleads not guilty to stopping someone from saving her daughter's life
The 34-year-old mother has also pleaded not guilty to six other child neglect charges.
Fugitive who allegedly tried to firebomb High Court appears
Darcy Hayes was arrested yesterday after allegedly pulling a pistol on police.
NZ Herald under fire for criticising judge's decision
The New Zealand Bar Association called the story "vindictive" but editors disagree.
Teacher facing 10 indecent assault charges named
Benjamin Swann was a teacher for more than 30 years.
Finance directors on trial for alleged GFC crimes
Trio accused of deliberately misleading investors.
Dower: Secret shame - name suppression rules need to change
COMMENT: Name suppression is dished out willy-nilly to people who really don't deserve it.
He robbed a woman seriously injured in a car crash – but a judge won't let us name him
The judge permanently suppressed the name of a thief who robbed a crash victim.
Departing Chief Justice warns of 'civic disorder'
Dame Sian Elias says the imbalance between Maori and Pasifika needs to be resolved.
Outgoing Chief Justice's warning
"It is fragile. It is easy to move a strand here and not realise the damage done there."
Ex-cop loses grievance appeal after cell bashing trial
Daniel Ramkissoon testified against four officers accused of beating a man in custody.
Third person charged with teen's murder
Two people have already been charged with murder and appeared in court again this week.
Western Springs murder: Mental health patient guilty
Gabriel Yad-Elohim was on trial for the murder of Michael David Mulholland.
The Free Speech Coalition plans legal action against Massey University Vice Chancellor over cancelled campus talk
"You can't defend free speech by only defending views you like ..."
What happens now after hung jury in Jay-Jay Feeney case?
The Crown will now mull the decision of whether to retry the accused taxi driver.
Jarrod Gilbert: A chance to rethink the criminal justice system
Comment: How could I be critical of what is done if I'd refused the chance to do it right?
Hung jury in trial of taxi driver accused of groping Jay-Jay Feeney
Feeney said the driver groped her breasts and tried to follow her into her home.
Murder trial: ADHB 'doesn't want to take any responsibility'
Criticism of a killer's release from a mental health unit is irrelevant, the Crown argues.
Māngere murder: Safety fears for co-accused
Two people have appeared in court today accused of murdering a 17-year-old girl.
Jury to decide fate of taxi driver accused of groping radio star Jay-Jay Feeney
The jury is set to reconvene at the Auckland District Court tomorrow morning at 9.30am.
Witness says attempted murder accused told her she caused head-on crash
Waihi attempted murder accused told Crown witness she caused head-on crash.
Killer believed he was 'agent of God' - psychiatrist
Questions have been raised over the mental health treatment of Gabriel Yad-Elohim.
Tensions flare at inquest into near 18-year-old case
Eddie Tavinor was decapitated when a truck part flew through his ute windscreen in 2000.
Malcolm Rewa: Third murder trial to proceed
Susan Burdett was raped and bludgeoned to death in her Papatoetoe home in 1992.