Convicted double murderer David Tamihere is to have some of his parole conditions relaxed.

A former teen beauty queen has been jailed for a year on a raft of offences, including a "sham" marriage.

The families of two men wrongly jailed for arson are still angry at the officer in charge of the case.

Victims will be able to have more of a say in court and will be told when offenders are granted bail or breach release conditions, under new Government measures announced today.

A prison officer who had known 'evil and nasty' career criminal John Gillies for 10 years sent an email to the Department of Corrections begging for him not to be released. Gillies will be released next month...

When Confederate forces fired the first shots at Fort Sumter on April 12, 150 years ago, triggering the American Civil War, almost four million African Americans were slaves.