David Tamihere, who was convicted of the murder of two Swedish backpackers, has been granted parole after serving nearly 20 years in prison and will be released on November 15.

The Government has called for expressions of interest for design, construction and operation of a new privately run prison.

The Govt will amend the 'claim of right' defence successfully used by the men who damaged equipment at the Waihopai spy base.

A man who killed himself in police custody could have been saved if police had followed proper procedures, the IPCA finds.

The man who bashed James Whakaruru repeatedly until he died, aged 4, will spend Christmas a free man - despite fears he will reoffend.

Double murderer David Tamihere made his 14th appearance before the parole board today. But what was the decision?

Groundbreaking cellphone technology has been launched in a bid to stop teenagers being harassed by text bullies. The new service allows cellphone users to blacklist up to 20 numbers.

One of NZ's most notorious killers allegedly raped and abducted a girl, 14, in a previously unreported case before going on to commit murder.

An ex-finance company director has admitted SFO theft charges - the first major conviction from the finance company sector collapse.

Supreme Court Justice Bill Wilson is incensed his sudden resignation has been publicly interpreted as an admission of guilt.

A group calling for a probe into the wrongful convictions of Arthur Allan Thomas described the atmosphere at the hotel where jurors were staying as a "Bacchanalian carnival".

A former police officer and MP says he was pressured to change important evidence to the Crewe Royal Commission to suit the police case.

The Associate Health Minister says he is confident it is safe for a schizophrenic man who beat a friend to death to be out unescorted in public, despite the victim's brother's pleas.

A schizophrenic man who beat a friend to death after being released from psychiatric care - despite telling staff he wanted to kill someone - is allowed back into the community without supervision.

Rochelle Crewe fears a police refusal to open a new inquiry into the unsolved murder of her parents is a "continuation of police seeking to avoid the truth".

Arthur Allan Thomas - wrongfully imprisoned for the Crewe murders - says he expects a police reassessment of the case to be a cover-up.

Justice Bill Wilson, who was embroiled in a judicial misconduct case, will receive a year's salary plus hundreds of thousands towards costs.

The man wrongfully convicted of the Crewe murders has welcomed news police will review the case, but is not expecting much to come from it.

Police will review the Crewe murders in a bid to answer questions raised by Rochelle Crewe - who killed her parents?