42-year-old has lived in NZ for most of her life bar a couple of years as a child.

But ACC disagrees and has declined coverage for the boy.

The judge said a community-based sentence was insufficient but then gave her exactly that.

Esther Osborne told a nurse she wanted to die. Shortly after, she was found unresponsive.

But Raniera Turner will likely be out of jail by Christmas due to time already served.

The plumber's failings revolved around his lack of supervision of a subcontractor.

Things turned nasty when the couple asked for the deposit back when work wasn't completed.

He was drinking while on his way home from a 'stressful' day at work when he hit the teen.

Offender sung sexually explicit songs while encouraging woman to drink wine he bought.

The campervan had to be towed after the tourist collided with a parked car.

She was driving drunk when she caused a crash that killed a young woman.

Mobsters accused of killing man who wouldn't give them drugs and attacking two others.

She was pinned against a wall while the stranger held a knife to her throat.

The woman was at the bottom of the chain of an alleged scam network.

He's been waiting more than a year for treatment. And he's not alone.

A customer didn't want to pay up after learning $6000 worth of coins were fake.

Jacob Ramsay was beaten, chained to a car and dragged to his death.

Family lost nearly all of their belongings and didn't have contents insurance.

Rebecca Kennedy stole $1.6m from unwitting victims - all of whom were her friends.

Town custodian Henare Rapana was one of two victims who were robbed and kidnapped.

Tamate Gough began using drugs aged 6, while Sijaye Rhind was 11.

Teretere Taniwha assaulted two other men before Sao Yean was fatally attacked.

The court has called Gaimhreadhan O'Coileain's case 24 times; now it is up to a JP.

The man was able to pull what was left of his arm free and run for help.

The tribunal found it didn't have jurisdiction to hear case against it.

Neighbour will have to pay $5000 for 25 square metre piece of land.

Crown alleges: “This was not a minor burn to this four-year-old’s body, it was severe."

Instead of checking on the other driver he reversed, dumped his car and ran off on foot.

The judge told Quinton Ohlson he was 'literally the thing that goes bump in the night'.

Now a judge has dismissed an appeal against the teen's jail sentence.