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,

ESR scientists believe blood found on items belonging to the accused boy belonged to murdered teen Liberty Templeman.

It took four years of complex legal wrangling, nearly bankrupted an ailing Hindu guru and has cost the British taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds.

Labour and Maori Party strongholds will be hit if prisoners are stopped from voting, a prison reform group says.