TVNZ wins High Court defamation battle over Talley’s safety reporting
After a five-week trial, Justice Jagose has comprehensively ruled in TVNZ’s and Mead’s favour. TVNZ reporter Thomas Mead…
High Court orders Jarrod Arnold Dent be detained as a special patient for killing Miriama Raukawa and wounding five others
Being made a special patient was something Crown prosecutor Rebekah Hicklin, Dent’s counsel Elizabeth Hall, and even Dent…
Reserve Bank Governor Dr Anna Breman finally talks market down, as ANZ the latest to hike mortgage rates
ANZ is hiking its 18-month and two-year mortgage rates by 20 basis points, and its three, four, and…
Fatigue caused Tauranga teen Keanan Coetzee’s fatal SH2 crash – coroner
Coetzee, a Year 13 student at Tauranga Boys’ College, was driving to work experience in Kawerau on State…
Rotorua tackles high youth unemployment amid fierce competition for jobs
Luxon told business leaders that lifting school attendance was “job number one” in reducing future unemployment. He said…
Sex offender Nathaniel Mahoney handed 5-year supervision order by High Court
Corrections lawyer Anselm Williams submitted that Mahoney’s past conduct showed a “pervasive pattern” of behaviour. An ESO allowed…
Norton Sowerby sentenced on three counts of manslaughter after driving across Hamilton train tracks, killing his friends
The vehicle was struck by a passing train, killing three of his friends. William Chaney Marsters Brown, 46,…
Tower Insurance fined $7m for misleading multi policy discount claims
According to the FMA, Tower has carried out remediation and repaid over $11.7m to customers. The fine comes…
Media Insider: Journalist Ian Wishart v RNZ and Broadcasting Standards Authority – the High Court case over a story about a run of hot weather in Hamilton
These are documents, he says, that will reveal what the broadcaster did and how it reacted when he…
Auckland Grammar seeking over $1800 in voluntary donations from parents
Thirty-seven Auckland state high schools don’t ask parents for voluntary donations, while 21 do. Parents don’t have to…
Kaitāia homicide: Woman accused of killing Monty Knight appears in High Court
Her name suppression was extended because of the risk of extreme hardship from naming her, which means she…
Dunedin Pine Hill murder: Jury finds Rajinder guilty of killing Gurjit Singh
Gurjit Singh at his home in Pine Hill. Photo / Supplied The Crown alleged the killing was a…