Hells Angels is returning to court to challenge Whanganui's anti-gang patch bylaw.

Dr Bruce Cohen suggests that Tasers might work - as long as they're not used.

Some teenagers earn pocket money flipping burgers at the local fast-food outlet but 16-year-old Marcus Lim had bigger ideas.

An Auckland Grammar pupil who forged scores of driving licences which he sold to other students was told in court to "dedicate your obvious talents towards a legitimate enterprise".

Louise Nicholas says she just wants to move on and wishes the former police officer who handled her sex case would too.

Black Power looks set to buy back a confiscated stronghold after the Government and Auckland City Council ruled out buying the property to keep it away from the gang.

New Zealand's worst youth offenders will get million-dollar beds in the country's newest youth prison.

Brad Chapman said he would never forgive Tonya Bennett for setting fire to his Pukekohe home knowing his mother was asleep upstairs.

The way a witness in a sexual violation trial was questioned in court was such a "serious departure" from correct procedure the Supreme Court has quashed the accused's convictions.

A teenager who admitted murdering a mother-of-three by setting her house alight was today jailed for a minimum of 11 and a half years.

A Masterton woman, who caused the death of an elderly dial-a-driver while she was three times over the legal blood alcohol limit, has escaped jail.

A Black Power stronghold seized by police when a $1.5 million drug ring was smashed is now back in the hands of the gang.

One of NZ's most-notorious career criminals pulled in a six-figure income while in jail - then picked up legal aid as well.

Actor Rob Mokaraka has been sentenced to 400 hours of community work and supervision after an incident at his Auckland home last year.