Conman Loizos Michaels has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he "manipulated his victims for greed".

A psychopath confessed to the murder of two young Swedish tourists for which David Tamihere spent 21 years in jail, says a new book due for release on Friday.

The family of Wellington man Phillip Cottrell have spoken of the agony of losing a loved one after verdicts were delivered on the two men accused of his murder.

Prime Minister John Key has defended Justice Minister Judith Collins' criticism of a report on David Bain's compensation bid.

David Bain believes he might have become an international opera star on a par with Jonathan Lemalu.

Police have backed the use of electronic ankle bracelets, despite an escape rate of 13 per cent since their introduction six years ago

Around 12 months ago, the Government, led by Prime Minister John Key, appointed former Canadian Supreme Court judge Ian Binnie to advise on David Bain's compensation claim.

The public's confidence in the judicial system is at stake in the David Bain compensation case, says Justice Minister Judith Collins.

A report on David Bain's application for compensation said it should be awarded, but a peer review says the report is flawed and would not withstand scrutiny.

The New Zealand Law Society is investigating a complaint over the way a former top barrister and prosecutor was treated in the Auckland District Court this week.

A man was cheated out of inheriting his father's $400,000 life insurance by his grandmother and another woman who spent some of the money, a court has heard.

The High Court has found Immigration's suspension of processing student visas for study at an Auckland private training establishment to be "invalid and unlawful".

A few weeks ago, an injured kaka was rescued from a Queen St gutter and is now in a new home at the Auckland Zoo.

Australian authorities will get the full cooperation of New Zealand investigators if they choose to extradite the conman convicted of a $3 million fraud.

A victim of Loizos Michaels clapped as the "brazen" conman was led into the cells.

A top judge says a long-term decline in the rate of school expulsions for bad behaviour is paying off in a falling crime rate.

The alleged conman who carried out "bold frauds on a grand scale" says he is the victim.

The alleged conman who carried out "bold frauds on a grand scale" says he is the victim.

Two years after Anni Dewani's life brutally ended on her honeymoon, her killer was convicted yesterday.

Five men with links to Auckland sport and the underworld have been convicted of trying to buy a huge stash of P in Tonga. But it never existed.

Asystem which uses "synthetic DNA" to tag personal property has been distributed to 600 homes in a Hamilton suburb to combat burglaries.

Sarah Cafferkey made a fatal mistake when she befriended Steven Hunter and kept in touch over Facebook.

The man at the centre of an alleged $3 million fraud case will discover his fate in two weeks.

"Sixteen years ago when I released the first sex offenders' registers in New Zealand and Australia, it seemed the world had gone mad," wrties Deborah Coddington.

The police force has pledged not to let children suffer because of its failures, after a damning report on backlogs.