Belinda Feek

Ariana Thompson-Bell argued the 55 percent discount to her sentence was inadequate.

Constable Jacob Collins, of Waikato, can now be named as the officer who sprayed a motorist after pulling him over for speeding on State Highway 3.

Norton Sowerby tried to deny he was the driver when speaking to police after the crash.

An unsuspecting autistic man who has the maturity of a four-year-old was beaten in the attack on a Hamilton street.

A judge declined to jail or register Kate Gough despite her "predatory" offending, prompting some supporters of the victim to walk out of the court.

The trailer hadn't had a warrant of fitness for nine years, but Roger Sydney Samson had re-registered it as being new before attempting to drive it from Tauranga to New Plymouth.

Darryl Grant Bridgeman will be 71 when his now 22-year prison term comes to an end in 2041.

A man who shot his friend during a night time hunting trip had earlier smoked cannabis and told police the victim had shot himself.

While the victim, nine years on, has been left wondering what he did wrong.

The victim was at her Waikato home gaming with her headphones on when Joseph Hohepa Te Huia smashed a fly screen on a bathroom window and climbed inside.

The judge found the officer's actions were not only unlawful, but unwarranted, as the victim had not done anything wrong.