A farmers' group in the Waikato has given warning that an $824m pylon project due to start next month may lead to standoffs with Transpower.

The father of a 17-year-old boy allegedly assaulted by former All Black Robin Brooke in Fiji on New Year's Eve is suing the rugby star for $200,000.

Robin Brooke's lawyers have contacted the family of a teenage girl allegedly harassed by the ex-All Black.

Chief Justice, Prime Minister, thank you both for your warm welcome.

Chris Cairns' lawyer has called on the International Cricket Council to censure IPL commissioner Lalit Modi over "defamatory" comments which he claims have jeopardised Cairns' future earnings.

The Government has decided to implement key recommendations in Dame Margaret Bazley's report on the legal aid system.

A coroner is calling for a national legal help phone line for prisoners in police custody after a lawyer could not be found for a man who later hanged himself.

Westpac's runaway millionaires are a step closer to keeping the cash after the bank bungled an attempt to recover it.

Auckland Museum director Vanda Vitali, and the museum trust board are embroiled in a performance dispute.

A self-help course has been blamed by a coroner for the death of a woman who jumped from a Sydney office window.

A NZ judge who failed to stand down from a Court of Appeal case in which he had a financial relationship with one of the lawyers involved is being investigated.

The Government will shut the state agency responsible for legal aid in a rapid response to Dame Margaret Bazley's damning report.

A scathing report into the state of legal aid sees the chairwoman and three board members resign, after a letter from the justice minister.