Crime shows such as CSI: Miami have brought forensic science to the masses.

A lawyer facing a drink-driving charge has been able to keep her identity secret - and is fighting to keep her record clean. The lawyer was allegedly found with more than one and a half times the legal blood alcohol limit.

The Philippines government wants extra compensation for the families of its citizens killed in the Christchurch earthquake if inquiries find the Canterbury TV building was not up to scratch.

Judge Tony Couch has sent a stern message to Christchurch. Behave in this crisis or face the consequences.

Police today apologised for arresting a Tokoroa woman more than five years after she lost her job when she was wrongly charged with conspiracy to commit arson and two years after the police watchdog found the investigation was botched.

The police officer who misled officials over the number of unresolved child abuse cases in the Wairarapa has since been promoted.

The IPCA has released the second part of its report into the handling of child abuse cases by police.