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Child rapist wants court order lifted now that she's a woman
Parsons abducted and raped a 12-year-old before taking her clothes for cross-dressing.

Leading meth cook in country's largest haul asks to move prisons
Brownie Harding is now eligible for parole but is refusing to take part in a rehab course.

Supreme Court rules in new twist for 20-year foreshore and seabed Māori rights saga
The new ruling is the latest twist in the 20-year legal saga regarding customary rights.

Explained: What today’s Supreme Court foreshore and seabed ruling means
NZ's highest court has weighed in on customary rights to the foreshore and seabed.

Father raped and beat his children, then left his $700k in assets to another family
Now the siblings have turned to the country's final court of appeal for access.

Inmates claim prison gang assault was 'utu', sentences should be reduced under Māori lore
Seven Black Power members attacked a Nomad inmate after 'an unwanted sexual advance'.

Meth-laced beer case: Witnesses describe the night Aiden Sagala collapsed
Himatjit Kahlon has pleaded not guilty after being charged with the manslaughter of innocent 21-year-old Aiden Sagala. Video / NZ Herald

Police apologise for one of NZ's worst miscarriages of justice
Family battled for 37 years to clear his name after he was convicted.

Parliament must stop drift to ‘judicial supremacy’, says lawyer
The Supreme Court is departing from its lane, a new report says.

'Quite frankly, insulting': Backlash over seabed mining being fast-tracked by Govt
'We have only just begun,' Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui Trust says of its opposition.

Opinion: Balancing free speech and venues' right to refuse speakers
OPINION: Urgent court proceedings can be reactive, highly stressful and expensive.

Foreshore & seabed: Supreme Court orders Crown to pay more than $100,000 to cover claimants’ court costs
Court has ruled in favour of hapū group, Te Kāhui.

The fight's over: Eviction imminent for Black Power veteran squatting on coastal land
Kevin Moore has been illegally occupying Māori land for more than a decade.

Māori King honoured, should AI run the defence force? | Focus Morning Bulletin August 31, 2024
Kiingi Tūheitia continues to be honoured after his passing, mental health foundation demands answers and Israeli forces claim to have killed a Hamas commander.

Polkinghorne case: A summary of the Crown's case against murder accused
A summary of the case the Crown has presented in the murder trial of Philip Polkinghorne Video / Carson Bluck

Jury in the murder trial of Philip Polkinghorne watch footage captured inside Auckland Eye
The jury in Philip Polkinghorne's murder trial has viewed footage from October 17, 2020, showing three people, including one believed to be Polkinghorne, entering Auckland Eye.

Mother of autistic man detained for 18 years heads to Supreme Court
Jay was first detained in 2004 after he broke four of his neighbour's windows with an axe.

Editorial: The win for local communities in the battle over booze
OPINION: Locals should be the ones to decide on restricting alcohol sales.

Opinion: A decade of legal battles to reform Auckland's alcohol policy
OPINION: The policy includes vital provisions to restrict proliferation of bottle stores.

Uber and Lyft score victory in California gig economy case
Financial Times: Ruling says ride-hailing services can treat workers as contractors.

Convicted rapist takes claim he attacked woman in his sleep to Supreme Court
A jury earlier found Damin Peter Cook was not asleep when he raped a woman.