A repeat drink-driver claims to have ditched the booze and to be enjoying recovery.

The coroner says more work should be done to reduce the 'stigma' of mental health.

Justice Paul Davison says reporting abuse is a 'community responsibility'.

Seasonal employment scheme workers take a Hawke's Bay firm to court over pay deductions.

As the officer's 'dream job' hangs in the balance, the teen responsible has been jailed.

The 29-year-old man is said to be 'essentially a child himself'.

Closing submissions from the Crown and defence counsel for Adrian Phillips are under way.

Killer Michaela Barriball has been sentenced to a near record-breaking prison sentence.

The man was kept locked up at home most of each day.

The Grange now owes former front-of-house employee Richard Guerra $12,500.

The nurse argued her dismissal was unjustified.

The girl was raped at least three times a week over a number of years.

Three years after receiving her life sentence, Katrina Epiha has caused $18,370 damage.

Landlord refused to repair property rented to his granddaughter and also slept over.

Guilty plea entered ahead of trial due to start next week.

Cockroaches were found in cupboards, under the carpet and in the oven.

A woman who dealt millions worth of meth is to be released from prison early.

A growing room was set up in his garage with specialised heating, lighting and ventilation

Tamal Edward McMeekan admitted his role in the gang's drug dealing, ahead of his trial.

Deportee: 'Australia wanted us out, no matter what'.

Eru stabbed his stepdad. He then fled the house and stabbed his brother on the street.

The defendant did not accept the verdict and was not remorseful for his crime.

Sacked worker given compensation after employer failed to establish theft allegations.

Rapist's ongoing incarceration in breach of Bill of Rights ruling, set to be challenged.

New mum says misdiagnosis of a rare complication of her Caesarean caused great distress.

Azalia Wilson was so badly injured she was unrecognisable, the court said.

They say children are not at risk from Covid-19.

Funding only provides 15 per cent of newborns with pēpi-pods each year.

'It was a thorn in our side. The ache has stopped but we still have the limp.'

Family say overnight bail checks on 18-year-old at his family home felt like "harassment".