Tourist charged with threatening to kill girlfriend.

A Nelson businessman has been banned from managing a company for a record 10 years.

High profile inmate Arthur William Taylor is set to take the Parole Board to court, alleging the handling of his most recent hearing was "biased".

COMMENT: Trained arbitrators can do more to ease work of Family Courts.

Young offenders sent to bootcamp punched in the head and allegedly raped by supervisors.

The Court said the killers of Moko Rangitoheriri should count themselves "fortunate" they were not jailed for life.

Police claim group threatened to cut power to elderly victims if payment wasn't made.

Corrections wants the law changed to temporarily turn police cells into prisons.

A staff member was injured when two teenagers escaped from a CYF youth justice residence in Auckland.

Former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Ian Binnie has hit out at the Government's handling of the David Bain case - saying Police pressure played a part.

A prominent New Zealander is before the courts on a sexual assault charge.

Police Commissioner Mike Bush has opened up about a historic drink driving conviction.

A rapist who invited a prostitute to his residential care home will be monitored 24 hours a day for the next year as part of an extended supervision order.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has ruled that a new cop's use of a taser on a man fleeing a potential crime scene was unjustified.

It is horrifying how few rapists get convicted, and myths around the crime, the victims and the perpetrators are a big part of the problem.

The party that pushed for the three-strikes law now eyes prisoner rehabilitation.

Cricketer tells court alleged rape victim was looking for 'male attention'.

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

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.

The man who murdered and sexually violated elderly Te Atatu woman Cunxiu Tian went to extraordinary lengths to cover up his crime.

Guilty plea in Te Atatu murder not the end of the story for family in mourning, says church leader

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.