A date has been set for an inquest into the death of Auckland teen Christie Marceau.

Northern District's cricketer Scott Kuggeleijn told his rape trial today he felt the sex with the alleged victim was consensual.

Law and order looks set to be a major part of this year's election campaign, so is it instead time to re-assess whether the prison system really works?

Man admits killing his son but lawyer argues against life sentence.

A well-known Kiwi actor is to appear in court today after more sexual assault charges were laid against him.

In February 1997 Stephen Anderson went on a killing spree in Raurimu. Twenty years since the massacre, the Herald looks back on the terror and tragedy.

A terminally-ill prisoner released from jail on compassionate grounds has embarked on a new health regime which involves walking, running and interval training.

Just weeks after his release from prison, Jaden Lee Stroobant murdered and sexually violated a 69-year-old Te Atatu woman.

A Huntly man stabbed his brother because he was too slow doing the laundry.

Name suppression has lapsed for the man charged with the manslaughter of a homeless Hamilton man.

COMMENT: Stuart Nash is right. That gangs continue to thrive in this country is - as he says - "totally unacceptable", writes Rachel Smalley.

An estate agent facing meth and perjury charges says "coded" language which police claim she used to discuss drugs was simply real estate banter.

More than 206,000 New Zealanders became a victim of crime in 2016. Here are 10 of the high-profile cases that shocked the nation.

Basketballer Corey Webster has had his bail conditions changed so he can have a beer with his family on Christmas Day.

COMMENT: Even if Gerald Hope thought Scott Watson was innocent, nothing would change for convicted murderer.

Ten days to pay or you're going to prison.

The auction by infamous Auckland Prison inmate Arthur Taylor of a shirt he has worn in court has been pulled by TradeMe as it was "a bridge too far".

The move has been welcomed by the Human Rights Commission, but greeted warily by the police union.

A prisoner who a probation officer tried to warn was too dangerous to release will spend full sentence behind bars after bottling a man while on parole.

Serial sex offender Stewart Murray will not be subject to intensive or extended monitoring, the Department of Corrections has confirmed.

Teina Pora has filed proceedings asking the court to review the Government's decision not to add inflation to $2.5 million compensation paid to him.

A successful campaign for the release of terminally ill fraudster Vicki Letele illustrates one of society's most difficult decisions, writes David Fisher.

COMMENT: Vicki Letele is dying. She will not see her three young children grow up. That has to be a far worse punishment any court could give her.

A Hepatitis C sufferer who deliberately flicked blood in a women's face has been charged in Christchurch District Court.

It took 20 minutes for orders to be taken. At this point you might wonder if this was the first occasion on which Harvey had been to a restaurant

The country's biggest volunteer fire brigade has taken out insurance after a court case involving a fire truck crashing on its way to an emergency callout.

New figures show that almost 250 offenders removed their electronically monitored trackers during the 2015/16 year.

Immigration New Zealand are set to remove a man convicted of beating his wife so severely - as she held their baby daughter - that he temporarily deafened her.

Dame Lowell Goddard has returned home to Wellington, two months after resigning from her role as head of a major inquiry into child abuse in Britain.

Rubbish truck runner Jane Devonshire, 19, was killed when the truck she was in crashed 40m down a hill at Birkenhead last year.