crime-and-justice

A “cruel and manipulative” mother who faked her six-year-old son’s cancer to secure thousands in donations has been…

An outback community is “holding its breath” and praying for the safe return of a five-year-old girl allegedly…

A businessman accused of stealing more than US$50 million (NZ$85 million) from hundreds of people in upstate New…

A 37-year-old man has been charged after an incident involving a gun in the Coromandel overnight. Police were…

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on Wednesday in an investigation over a social media photo of…

More parents could be prosecuted for not sending their children to school, as the Ministry of Education confirms…

Police are continuing an extensive search in Christchurch’s red zone for missing woman Rowena Walker. The 39-year-old was…

The author behind an offensive novel depicting toddler role-play has been convicted but spared jail for penning child…

A trio of Christchurch flatmates have become amateur detectives – tracking down and reclaiming a trolley-load of belongings…

Police are investigating after an infant was taken to hospital with what they described as “serious unexplained injuries”…

Police arresting an accused shoplifter in East Auckland got more than they bargained for – as a second…

The Government is taking a parent to court over their child’s chronic absence from school as part of…

Australian fake cancer mum jailed