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Paul Little: A judicious review

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

Volunteer fire brigade takes out insurance

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.

Corrections: 245 EM bracelets removed

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

Deportation for man who deafened wife

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 back home

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.

$255k pay-out for rubbish truck death

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

Homeless man asks to be sent to prison

A 22-year-old man with an "extreme" meth problem has surprised a judge with his request to be sent to prison.

'He doesn't even know he's in prison'

Foisting a young man who has serious challenges on the criminal justice system was not appropriate, a judge said today.

Powers to block vexatious litigation

The Judicature Modernisation Bill, a lengthy omnibus bill that aims to simplify and modernise the law around how courts operate, will pass its final hurdle tomorrow.

$50k scheme to help steer youth from gangs

With gangs deeply ingrained in Hawke's Bay, a new government initiative to steer youth away from them could provide lasting benefit

Woman 'scared' to report alleged attack

Woman too scared to report attack had made complaints about three other Navy colleagues, court hears.

Crown 'looking into' Losi Filipo case

The Solicitor General is "looking into" a judge's decision to issue a young rugby player a discharge without conviction for assaulting four people.

Gilbert: Maori justice woes go deeper than racial bias

COMMENT: The disproportionate amount of Maori in our criminal justice system is among the most serious problems facing New Zealand.

Ex-prisoner compo case is 'strong'

A human rights lawyer says the case for compensation is strong for those held in jail too long as a result of Corrections misinterpreting the law.

Not guilty plea in Dunedin morphine case

Not guilty plea for injecting morphine into man.

Rich-lister's son's sentence 'a fair one'

Law Society says any 19-year-old with no previous convictions would not have been jailed on the same charges.