A Blackball drug dealer must pay the Crown $16,500 before he can regain ownership of his house, a Greymouth District Court judge has ruled.

Convicted livestock killer Ewen Macdonald has a second chance at securing his liberty next week.

Convicted child murderer Peter Holdem will appear before the Parole Board next month after a hearing was delayed last week.

A serial fraudster who worked as a prostitute while on home detention has today been jailed for two years, six months.

A Chinese woman involved in a gambling scam with her ex-boyfriend and a casino worker that stole more than $50,000 has avoided a jail sentence but will be deported.

Stewart Murray Wilson boasted to a vulnerable women he was banned from contacting that he could cut off his monitoring bracelet and flee to Australia with her.

Convicted sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson has had his bid for a judicial review of his parole conditions dismissed - because he has already been sent back to jail.

An appeal by sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson against an extended supervision order has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

Paul David Bailey, the killer of Owaka schoolgirl Kylie Smith, has been denied parole.

Convicted double murderer David Tamihere has been found not guilty of breaching his parole conditions after an "incredibly stupid" crime scene fly-over with a TV crew.

One of the country's worst drink-driving killers wants to live with his girlfriend when he is released from prison in June.

The convicted murderer of Timaru hitch-hiker Lisa Blakie continues to pledge his innocence and hopes to clear his name, it emerged today.

A murderer serving a life sentence is not ready to be released says the Parole Board. But because he is a mental health patient, he has already been out into the community.

Veteran Maori rights activist Tame Iti says he holds no animosity towards the Crown for his stay in prison after his early release on parole this morning.

The Parole Board has released its reasons for releasing Tuhoe activist Tame Iti on parole, saying he was been an "exemplary" prisoner.

The family of Tame Iti will have nearly two weeks to decide how to celebrate his release after the veteran Tuhoe activist was granted parole today.

Six people have been sentenced to a total of more than 39 years in prison for their parts in a "large-scale" drugs and money laundering operation stretching across the Bay of Plenty and into Waikato and Auckland.

A transgender prisoner has been ordered to serve her sentence in a men's prison, not on home detention as requested.