When Push Push came to shove shove, rocker-turned-broadcaster Mikey Havoc had to deal with almost $40,000 in parking fines and court costs.

The Government is considering a proposal to limit the sale of knives to young people amid concerns over the number of knife crimes.

The proposed three strikes bill would be grossly unjust and could result in an 11,000 per cent rise in time spent in prisons, an independent organisation on crime says.

Changes to the Govt's three strikes justice policy risk breaching NZ's Bill of Rights, the Justice Ministry warns.

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.

There will be no spending limits on parallel campaigners under new election rules proposed by the Government.

British prisoners have been disconnected after they used Facebook to plot with other criminals and intimidate their victims.

An MP's bill proposing an increase in maximum sentences for animal cruelty offences has earned Govt support.

Preventive detention will be retained as a sentencing option for judges under the Government's proposed "three strikes" legislation, Police Minister Judith Collins said today.

Offenders with a record will have "nothing to lose" and could be more likely to kill under the three-strikes law, a prisoners' advocate says.

National and Act have agreed to pass a three-strikes law under which some killers will be locked away in prison without any chance of release.