The mother of murdered toddler Nia Glassie has been recalled to prison after concerns from authorities that she was "a risk to the community".

The Chinese driver who'd faced imprisonment for causing the crash that killed a Tauranga motorcyclist has had her jail term quashed by a High Court judge.

Nigel Gately was arrested for breaching his parole conditions and is now in custody.

A convicted rapist now being sought by police had been commended for his post-release progress only months before when the parole board said it did not need to see him again.

A man who served 15 years in an Australian prison for beating his pregnant girlfriend to death took just six months to reoffend after being deported to New Zealand.

A child murderer has again been denied his freedom, 20 years after he was first eligible for parole.

Community anger is boiling after a "high-risk" sex offender was moved from a placement near one Auckland school to a house near another.

Mark Pakenham was convicted of the manslaughter of Sara Niethe in 2013, 10 years after she went missing.

Fergus Glen was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his brother Craig in 2003 after a long-term feud between the pair.

A convicted killer has appeared in court today accused of breaching her parole conditions.

He is serving a life sentence for the 1998 New Year's Day murders of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope.

Two decades after police witness Christopher Crean was shot dead at his New Plymouth home, the gang boss who ordered his murder is to be released.

A Mongrel Mob gang member who ran down and killed a police officer in a stolen car has been denied parole.

A victim of an 89-year-old man who admitted sexually assaulting her and her sister says she is disappointed with his six-month home detention sentence.

A mechanic who charged a client for fictitious repairs on his car has had his appeal against his sentence dismissed.

A drug kingpin, whose skill in running a large-scale methamphetamine ring was described by the Crown as a "masterclass", has been jailed for 18 and a half years.

The heavily pregnant partner of a drug kingpin has been jailed after spending five months on the run with him.

The family of a Dunedin woman who had her head split open with an axe fears her attacker will finish what he started.

A man who raped and murdered a Wellington schoolgirl 18 years ago has been freed from prison on parole, despite fears that he will reoffend.

A judge has blasted one of Auckland's most prolific tagger's signature as "visually-offensive, third-rate artwork" - but stopped short of sending him to jail.

The wife of a man who molested a customer in the shop where he worked has stood by her husband and even funded the $1000 emotional harm payment for the victim.

An Auckland man has narrowly avoided a jail term after causing his wife's death in an act of road rage.

A sex addict caught taking photos up women's skirts in one of Auckland's oldest department stores got his last chance in court.

An Auckland man who spiked children’s drinks with sleeping pills to sexually abuse them has been jailed for more than six years.

A psychiatric report delivered to the Parole Board found Ewen Macdonald still has a "significant personality disturbance" and has not addressed the factors underpinning his offending.

So alarmingly straightforward was escaped murderer Phillip Smith's flight to South America that it is imperative lessons are learned.

A teenager who was tied up and told her throat was going to be slit had to climb across balconies nine floors high to escape her attacker, a court has heard.