Footage of a group allegedly training for armed revolution has been seen in court.

A bitter marital dispute over four properties led to two men being stabbed to death at an Auckland mansion, a High Court jury has heard.

An Auckland businessman has been jailed for three years for arranging child sex tours to Thailand.

In the hours after Nelson man Troy Minto was fatally shot, his alleged killer asked friends for money to help him leave town.

Proposals for a radical shake-up of NZ's trial system could include dumping of 12-person juries in favour of "semi-professional" trained jurors.

The man who threatened to kill Prime Minister John Key also told his own partner he would send her "six-feet under".

A 21-year-old woman is in a critical condition after a hit and run in Auckland yesterday.

Ed Sullivan and Bob White are looking forward to their day in court and the chance to clear their names.

A chartered accountant who fraudulently gave himself a payrise has lost an appeal against his conviction.

The bouncer involved in the Mike Tindall incident appeared in Queenstown District Court on unrelated assault charges yesterday.

Terrified store owners are demanding Wellington City Council beef up security on the main shopping street in Tawa.

Christopher Gleeson murdered the only father he knew with a cricket bat, a choice of weapon that the family described as "too upsetting for words".

A couple only owned their Wairarapa "dream home" for a week before it was trashed by vandals.

Jury of 10 women and two men empanelled for the case of the "Urewera four".

Former ACT MP David Garrett has pleaded guilty to drink-driving charges at an Auckland court.

A man accused of murdering two men after they allegedly attacked him in his Auckland mansion has pleaded not guilty.

A home was burgled, trashed and flooded in the worst case of vandalism police say they have seen.

Man bashed mother's ex to death with a cricket bat - then played cricket the next day.

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A group of New Plymouth Vikings had their weapons and armour pillaged during a pre-battle warmup jog yesterday.

A man accused of killing a Ngaruawahia baby was silenced by a judge for persistent weeping.

Police investigating a murder asked the US Government to have Facebook hand over information.

Kapiti police are concerned about reports of a man in a white car approaching children.

A man who stabbed his former partner in the neck with a screwdriver has been jailed for 14 months.

One of the men facing extradition to the United States over the Megaupload piracy case will spend another weekend in jail.

A Wellington man charged with killing his wife has been found mentally fit to stand trial.

A teenager who crept into a woman's house and sexually assaulted her as she slept has been jailed.

A drink-driver who attacked two officers trying to breath-test him has been jailed for nine months.

In the seconds before Troy Minto died, his alleged killer told him to "f... off" or he would shoot.

A man charged over the death of his baby son, who was found buried in a south Auckland garden, has had his sentencing deferred as he seeks a discharge without conviction.

An Auckland man who confessed to bigamy has been sentenced to community work and supervision.