Maori Party co-leaders Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia wrote submissions to the High Court in support of disgraced former MP Taito Phillip Field.

Court 15 in the High Court at Auckland was an inadequate venue for the audience of about 100 supporters of disgraced ex-MP Taito Phillip Field.

Taito Phillip Field's wife says she is heartbroken at six year jail term. Field's lawyer calls it "a tough penalty".

One of Taito Phillip Field's biggest critics in Parliament is saddened a former MP and minister has been jailed.

A former soldier wrestled with a robber for his gun while his wife hit his accomplice with an umbrella during an attempted raid on their dairy.

A teacher aide at a leading Auckland school is charged with impersonating an undercover cop at a massage parlour.

When Albie the cat didn't come home for tea, his owners assumed the two-year-old tabby was busy exploring.

Investigation to follow claims that we are being sold horse meat to eat.

Three boys and their grandparents ran from their burning Mangere East home as flames billowed and smoke blackened the neighbourhood yesterday.

An Auckland bus driver is reunited with a group of students who rescued him during a vicious bashing.

Prime Minister John Key says he had assumed access to parliamentary perks for former MP Taito Phillip Field would be nullified after his conviction.

Former MP Taito Phillip Field is still entitled to travel perks despite being convicted of bribery and corruption.

The man behind an alleged scam that charged people hundreds of dollars for passport stamps faces 36 more charges.

In 1994 Taito Phillip Field became the first Pacific Islander to be elected to Parliament. Fifteen years later he is facing prison.

Taito Phillip Field's stepdaughter says she feels anger towards the Thai people her family helped and accuses Labour of orchestrating a conspiracy.