John Kina Edwards was jailed for six and a half years for DJ Grant's death.

A man who killed a woman in front of her children has been jailed for 17 years.

He also breached his release conditions.

Prison director says exceptional circumstances needed for guard to send inmate's email.

During his shift, he also consumed four alcoholic drinks without paying for them.

The man has now been jailed for "determined, predatory and pre-meditated" violence.

501 jobseeker says: 'You have got to get a job, you have got to do something productive.'

Sentence a 'reward' for man with 100-plus convictions who joined rehab programme.

Earlier in the month he shattered the glass at a bus-stop with a hammer.

He drove drunk twice in two days and then again months later. But that's only the latest.

Man who killed sheep by running over it with his ute says he's 'not a cruel person'.

Petr Mandik died during a rockfall while climbing Aoraki/Mt Cook.

Rapist Mark Chisnall has had an order potentially keeping him in custody for life removed.

Muslim man granted refugee status after fearing for his wellbeing in India.

The witness said he became a prospect for the gang.

The victims were 14 and drunk when the teens had sex with them on separate occasions.

Mr A was diagnosed with terminal cancer that may have been avoided with follow-up care.

The social worker went on to leave her husband for the woman she used to treat.

Pryor Lee survived the crash and a night outdoors but died in hospital the next day.

A jury has accepted children's claims of years of abuse by their meth-using mum

The elderly man was left with head injuries, including internal bleeding and a black eye.

A judge found they psychologically abused their children. The High Court overturned it.

'No one should feel afraid to fall asleep' - Victim.

The doctor was in Dunedin when he altered a prescription to include Tramadol.

The 43-year-old woman accepts she 'got too greedy'.

The Morrinsville woman was in 'bad place' at the time, her lawyer said.

One of the most popular backcountry huts on Mt Taranaki was burned to the ground.

Integrity Board: 'This offending was at the very high end of the scale of seriousness.'

Students for Climate Solutions disappointed with judgment not to grant judicial review.

Emotions ran high for the grieving whānau in one of two murder cases heard.