Stories by Edward Gay

A former headmaster of Wanganui Collegiate has told a court he has no recollection of getting an anonymous letter making allegations about one of his teachers.

The serial rapist Malcolm Rewa has appeared in the High Court in Auckland where a date has been set for his third murder trial.

A man who says he was sexually abused by his teacher for five years says he waited before coming forward to protect his parents.

A mother took her daughter to the doctors and emergency departments over 80 times before doctors blew the whistle and police were called in, a court was told today.

The Crown will seek to have serial rapist Malcolm Rewa tried for the murder of Susan Burdett for the third time.

The Corrections Department is carrying out a review of double-bunking prisoners after two separate cases of repeat sex offenders raping their cellmates.

A man has admitted blackmailing young women online by threatening to post naked photos of them if they didn't send him more.

When is a journalist not a journalist? That's the question at the heart of Winston Peters' legal bid to find out who leaked information about his superannuation overpayment.

A teenager has described feeling cold, helpless and scared when he was locked in a police cell by a senior officer without being charged.

The mother of a 17-year-old reported her own son to the police for having sex with a teenager, a court has been told.

A police inspector organised a mock arrest of a teenager, had him locked in a police cell and threatened him with a charge of rape if he didn't leave the country, the Crown says.

Two senior police officers are on trial at the High Court in Auckland today, charged with kidnapping a teenager.

Convicted double murderer David Tamihere is to approach Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to ask for a pardon.

The boy was held in police cells overnight before being transferred to court where hours later the charges were withdrawn.

David Cerven had money troubles and was wanted for three aggravated robberies when he was fatally shot by police in Auckland's Myers Park in August 2015.

Peyo Crus died after the car he was a passenger in crashed into a tree. Today the driver - Kobus Alberts, who had been drinking - was sentenced to home detention for a year.

The Justice Minister has confirmed the Crown is considering appealing against the High Court decision that found Teina Pora's compensation should be increased in line with inflation.

Emotions boiled over at the High Court in Auckland as a man was jailed today for a fatal shooting.

Staff on the Ministry of Social Development's benefit review committee kept their identity secret on legal documents because they feared volatile clients.

The Privacy Commissioner is looking into how a gang member got a police informant's details from a Vehicle Testing NZ staff member.

The man who at one time called Jindarat Prutsiriporn 'Mum' was today jailed for orchestrating the kidnapping that left her dead.

William Katipa's victims told the court they feared pressing the alarm in the shared cell because of what could happen to them before help arrived.

A prisoner accused of raping three of his cellmates has been found guilty of all 14 charges, including sexual violation and threatening to kill.

Convicted double murderer David Tamihere was back at the High Court in Auckland today to give evidence against a secret witness from his trial.