Latest from Crime

Hannah Bartlett from the Open Justice team explains to Jane Yee on Case by Case how sentencing works in New Zealand and what judges take into account when handing sentences down.

Pathologists have detailed the fatal blows to an Auckland couple during a home invasion.

Neil Harding opposed every bid for Ian Wilson's parole. But it came at a personal cost.

Dilworth abuser Ian Wilson was denied parole seven times, yet is now walking free. Jane Yee and Tara Shaskey examine his release and explain how New Zealand’s parole system works.

Police used a helicopter and road spikes after reports of car break-ins in Halswell.

The owner, who was 'extremely upset and remorseful', surrendered her dogs the same day.

Crown: 'They clearly possessed this amount of cannabis for the purpose of selling it.'

Shannon Pitman explains what sparks an inquest from the coroner on Case by Case.

He demanded $100 from a former sexual partner after sharing a GIF from an intimate video.

'The public needs to be protected,' a judge said of the group's imprisoned leader.

'It should have stopped you. It was worthless so far as protecting her was concerned.'

Brendon Nepe pointed the weapon at the toddler's mother telling her to 'shut the f*** up'.

A court said nothing short of a life sentence was justified for Ulakai Fakaosilea.

She tried, unsuccessfully, to have the charges dismissed due to a lack of jurisdiction.

He faces possible deportation after the on-field coward punch and face kick.

The Canterbury farm shed clash has sparked three years of legal battles for Jesse Johnson.

A judge said prison was the best chance of rehabilitation for the vulnerable arsonist.

Police found it wasn't the first time he had shot recklessly at a vague image.

On the day Ian Moller died in hospital, two men received gang patches at nearby cemetery.

Four adults and four children were at the house when men arrived with a gun and a knife.

Jesse Sanders repeatedly fled the police, speeding and ignoring road spikes.

The medication, known as Pentobarbital, could have a lethal impact if ingested.

The drugs taken out of FedEx packages were never found.

How the gang was relentlessly targeted by the police National Organised Crime Group

The man was caught with 21 controlled drug products he'd 'mix up' after workouts.

The judge said the couple came to New Zealand deliberately to commit a crime.

He 'extolled the virtue of rehabilitation in public while brutalising' others in private.

He's unfit to stand trial, but a judge still has to decide if the killing was justified.

Hunter Butler and cousin Yozarn Peeni sentenced over eight-minute assault at McDonald's.