Crime

Ross Appelgren was accused of beating a fellow prisoner to death in 1985 - but his wife and legal team say fresh evidence will prove he was innocent. Audio

The Parole Board will on Tuesday be updated on how convicted murderer Mark Lundy is coping with life outside prison.

James Kelly paid a private investigator to provide an "honest assessment" of a police case against him.

A 33-year-old man has been taken into custody following the chase and is likely to face a raft of driving related charges, police said.

An 18-year-old faces charges of causing harm by posting digital communication, after threatening the Wellington Islamic Centre.

Moeaia Tuai has also denied rape, indecent assault, sexual violation and assault in the Auckland High Court.

A mother worries for her family's safety, after her son was attacked outside his high school.

Mark Kimber says the night he struck and killed Karen and Geoffrey Boucher was a turning point - the couple's family believe his remorse is "all for show".

The successful Louvre jewel heist has museum directors around the world taking another look at their own patches. Auckland is no exception.

The 36-year-old appeared in the Nelson District Court charged with threatening to kill members of the public, among other charges.

The man, who has name suppression, was helped by a Korean translator.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is charged with "maliciously" starting a fire on January 1 that was quickly suppressed but continued to smoulder beneath dense vegetation near Pacific Palisades before…

They claimed the raffle was to raise funds to take about 200 children to the theme park.

They are among 30 indicted for alleged involvement in a "nationwide scheme to rig illegal poker games" using "high-tech cheating technology".

Karen Gilbert-Palmer was found dead on 15 October and Police have been searching for her son, Jeremy Robertson, for over a week in connection with her death.

The eastern balcony of the Apollo Gallery, where robbers broke into the building on Sunday using an angle grinder, was not covered by the museum's ageing camera system.

Jevon McSkimming resigned as the country's second most powerful cop in May and is now facing charges of possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality materials.