A trusted accountant quietly stole from his employers for 10 years and splashed out almost $50 million at the casino.

Earthquake offenders were "vultures feeding on the corpses of the dead", according to a Christchurch judge.

Lindsay Lohan has been ordered to undergo psychological counselling.

A former teen beauty queen has been jailed for a year on a raft of offences, including a "sham" marriage.

A Christchurch man has been jailed for more than three years after stealing emergency generators.

Armed robbers are targeting two small communities near Auckland, including one holdup in which a terrified golf instructor tried desperately to get his boss' attention over a live security camera as he was being tied up by the gunman.

Lindsay Lohan has visited the Los Angeles Downtown Women's Centre where she will begin her court-ordered community service next week.

Lindsay Lohan wants to enter a no contest plea to end a criminal case filed over a US$2,500 (NZ$3,096) necklace reported stolen, a source close to the actress says.

Anzac Day theft angers war veterans, who see it as an insult to servicemen and their families.