Police have named the prisoner found dead at Waikeria Prison in Waikato and say ill health may have contributed to his death.

Police are investigating the death of a prisoner at Waikeria Prison near Te Awamutu last night.

David Bain has spoken out about his dire financial situation, telling the New Idea magazine: "I'm having to do everything from nothing. I've had to do a catch-up of 15 years. I've had no income.

A Rimutaka prison guard has been denied the chance to challenge a determination of the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) after he was fired for serious misconduct.

Radical changes to the legal aid system will put an end to taxpayers paying defence lawyers up to $900,000 a year.

A tribunal should take over responsibility for decisions on the detention and status of mentally ill offenders, the Law Commission says.

Former Five Star director Anthony Bowden says he is genuinely sorry about the distress caused to investors following the collapse of the company..

Five Star Finance director Anthony Bowden has been sentenced on Securities Act charges in the Auckland District Court today.

The killer of four-year-old James Whakaruru has been released from prison, despite multiple Parole Board reports claiming he remains violent and dangerous.

A woman who was injured and lost her friend after a drink driver crashed into their picnic says she is still suffering from emotional trauma.

American student Amanda Knox, in an Italian prison for murder, has launched an appeal against her conviction.

The plot in Manukau Memorial Gardens cemetery where George Tipene Harris was laid to rest in 2004 still awaits its headstone.