An emergency meeting has been called as the horticulture industry confronts what its says is the negative impact of cheap prison labour.

Kiwi Blazej Kot has been sentenced to 25 yrs to life in prison for fatally slashing his wife's throat in the US.

Condemned double murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner has chosen the firing squad as his method of execution this Friday.

A man has been jailed for attacking family members with a replica medieval axe on his wedding night, after he was caught kissing a bridesmaid.

Two prisoners' mothers and a girlfriend are facing criminal charges, after trying to smuggle drugs.

Pip Cheshire writes on the pitfalls of good urban design in Auckland planning.

The mother of a slain prison guard is furious that the inmate accused of killing him has been granted name suppression.

Herald reporter Derek Cheng spends a night in Unit 11 at Rimutaka Prison, the country's first unit built from old shipping containers.

Herald reporter Derek Cheng gets a first look at the container cells at Rimutaka Prison's new unit.