Natural Dairy has dumped its vice-chairman as its frontwoman May Wang prepares to lodge an appeal to quash her bankruptcy.

A jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the case of a police officer accused of covering up the circumstances leading to the death of a man fleeing custody.

Controversial Crafar deal frontwoman May Wang has been bankrupted this evening, in the High Court at Auckland, after having her bid to halt the proceedings dismissed.

The jury has gone out to consider its verdict in a case in which a police officer is accused of a cover up of the circumstances leading to the death of man fleeing custody.

NZTA cleared its registry of deceased licence holders, only to have 23 inform it they were still alive.

A son has given evidence against his own father, accused of the murder of a mother of four.