An officer broke down in tears as he described the seconds before the accidental fatal shooting of an innocent and "petrified" teenager.

The jury has retired to decide whether seven people are guilty of various charges in connection with the 2008 shooting of Navtej Singh.

Police and Corrections are investigating claims that NZ's youngest convicted killer groped two Herald on Sunday journalists.

A rape complainant will be forced to give evidence twice after the trial of her alleged attacker was aborted because the judge went on an overseas holiday.

A gang member says he knows the identity of the officer who left a confidential document at a house during a raid last year.

Changes to the Govt's three strikes justice policy risk breaching NZ's Bill of Rights, the Justice Ministry warns.

Police Minister talks tough after one cop goes into a coma and another had his lip bitten off.

Name suppression has lifted for the boy convicted of the murder and indecent assault of Northland teenager Liberty Templeman.

A mother of two was arrested, strip-searched and locked in a cell for a district court paperwork error.

The most unpopular features of MMP could be ditched if voters opt to keep the electoral system in the referendum on it at next year's election.

A prisoner's unanswered pleas for rehabilitation treatment has led to criticism of Corrections' record on reducing reoffending,