The Govt's decision to extend 90-day new-employee trials was made after a suggestion from the Act Party and went against the recommendation of its own Minister of Labour, Kate Wilkinson.

Cameron Slater denied he had identified people with name suppression on his blog when he appeared in court today.

The first employment case brought to court under 90-day trial laws has gone in favour of a dismissed pharmacy employee.

A $465,000 house has been seized from a commercial cannabis grower as punishment instead of an 18-month prison sentence.

A lawyer has ended a 41-year career having been found guilty of professional misconduct over a trust fund transfer.

Four police officers beating a young man with batons and pepper-spraying him 65 times was "unnecessary, unreasonable, and unjustified", the IPCA has found.

A person Amelia Gough trusted as a Facebook friend ended up stealing her photos and using them to create fake pages in her name.

Six lawyers are being investigated over their billing as the Legal Services Agency looks to clean up alleged rorting of the legal aid system.

Hells Angels is returning to court to challenge Whanganui's anti-gang patch bylaw.