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A teen who held his victims hostage at a remote Southland farmhouse with an airgun has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison.

One of the men accused of supplying drugs on social media following police raids in two affluent Wellington suburbs will keep his name secret for now.

A man who claimed he came to New Zealand not to avoid a criminal trial, but to "escape living in constant fear" of his partner's family, will be sent back...

Abdul Javed's threat was taken so seriously that Wellington security staff immediately called the police, and his phone number was traced.

The judge said William Stephen Easton's offending spanned four decades including when he was a church leader.

The cyclist's family say the last three weeks have been emotionally and financially draining.

The Supreme Court has released its judgment on an appeal that made it easier for Māori to gain customary marine title under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act.

The pair objected to the purchase of 11 hectares of their land being taken for the Mt Messenger Bypass.

A man who was 14 when he says he was raped by a prominent professional on trial for sexual abuse says the professional knew how young he was.

Court documents have revealed more details about historical charges laid against Australian broadcaster Alan Jones.

"The behaviours of some of the people in our organisation, particularly ... during Olivia's induction, were appalling," Simon Peterson told an inquest.

Outside court, Bao's partner said Cao's actions had "highlighted a profound absence of humanity".

The Crown alleges Cao stabbed Bao and buried the 44-year-old in a shallow grave - he claims evidence was falsified.

It comes after the six women, working under punishing conditions, were found to be employees, not volunteers.

The Crown has given its closing argument against murder-accused Tingjun Cao.

Kain Parsons died after taking part in a charity boxing match. His wife says the practice is abhorrent, and wants it stopped.

She has been sentenced to six months of community detention with 18 months of intensive supervision on charges of theft.

The tribunal found it had no option other than to strike Nicholls from the roll.