Prosecutors say the doctor charged in the death of Michael Jackson is trying to change his story about his actions involving the pop star.

Michael Jackson may have committed suicide over his financial woes, say his former doctor's lawyers.

Surveillance footage from Michael Jackson's house on the day he died has been erased.

Mel Gibson will counter sue Oksana Grigorieva if she launches legal action against him over their January 2010 domestic altercation.

A Bridgecorp subsidiary case against the family trust of former director Rod Petricevic has been delayed by several weeks while his $4.4 million mansion in Remuera is put on the market.

A restaurant manager created an elaborate scheme so he could steal nearly $140,000 from his employer to feed his gambling addiction.

A police officer who was driving a patrol car that struck and killed a 16-year-old walking along a state highway at night gave an emotional apology.

Dairy giant Fonterra has been given permission to sue the owners of the Tamahere coolstore that exploded in 2008 for $25m worth of cheese that it lost in the blaze. The blast killed one firefighter and injured seven others.

Mel Gibson wants Oksana Grigorieva immediately stripped of custody of their daughter.

A rogue exec working for a Chinese company part owned by the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels has escaped prosecution for unauthorised property sales which appear likely to leave the NZX-listed hotelier out of pocket.

The Michael Jackson hearing hopes to determine whether the pop singer died of natural causes or criminal negligence.

A nine-year-old with horrific injuries never wants to see her parents again, a court has heard.

A developer is asking the courts to call off the Tree Council's crusade against him felling an 80-year-old Avondale pohutukawa.

Jetsetting businessman Eric Watson, the co-founder of failed Hanover Finance, is in the sights of the Securities Commission and a lawyer representing desperate investors after the assets of co-founder Mark Hotchin were frozen this week.

Interests closely associated with Mark Hotchin still control an opulent $9.8m Waiheke Island beachhead.

New Zealand won't join in Australian court action over Japanese whaling but will have input into the case.