A Supreme Court ruling has left NZ's 1.4 million ratepayers more exposed in the leaky-building fiasco.

There would be plenty of mana in customary marine title without the power to exclude the public from sacred sand.

A Christchurch musician has successfully had his conviction for assaulting his four-year-old son quashed by the Supreme Court.

The identity of a Super City candidate charged with forgery remains secret, despite two judges saying there are no grounds for name suppression.