Ann Marie May

A lawyer has questioned why a school is trying to dictate what length students' hair should be, in a court case pitting a Hastings college against a suspended boy's family. Audio

The lawyer representing a man responsible for New Zealand's biggest fraud has asked the Court of Appeal to reduce his client's minimum jail term, saying the punishment he received was 'crushing'. Audio

Court papers obtained by Radio New Zealand show the Conservative Party leader, Colin Craig, will seek costs only in his defamation case against Green co-leader, Russel Norman, rather than any sum in… Audio

It will be at least 16 years before a Wellington taxi driver who stalked his former wife for weeks before stabbing her to death can be considered for parole. Audio

Details of the virtual slavery endured by a girl adopted and brought to New Zealand when she was 15 have emerged after her adoptive father pleaded guilty to incest. Audio

There were sobs and cries of "I love you" in the Wellington District Court today from family and friends of two men jailed for a multi-million dollar fraud at a gas company they ran. Audio

A woman who used student fees to prop up her failing Wellington language school but didn't even pay herself a salary, has escaped a jail sentence. Audio

A prisoner who will lose her personal television set has told a judge the switch to a TV rental scheme is unfair especially to maximum security inmates like herself. Audio

A Wellington strip club has been fined and ordered to pay Court costs after it fell foul of the smokefree laws. Audio

A crew member who were on the ground when a hot air balloon crashed near Carterton has told an inquest he heard someone say jump jump jump and someone cartwheeled out of the balloon and there was lots… Audio

A ballooning expert from the United Kingdom says if the wind direction had not changed at the last minute, a balloon which crashed in Carterton could have landed safely. Audio

A pathologist has told an inquest that tests don't support the view that a balloon pilot was smoking cannabis shortly before taking the flight that killed him and his 10 passengers. Audio

The daughter of a couple killed in the Carterton balloon crash has told the coroner of seeing a flash and hearing a crack when it hit powerlines, and then screaming for help. Audio

The mother of a baby who died after a liver transplant has told the Coroner's Court she wants the family doctor held accountable. Audio

A Vietnam war veteran who is dying of prostate cancer has gone to the High Court accusing the Veterans' Affairs Department of negligence. Audio

A Vietnam war veteran who is dying of prostate cancer is at the High Court accusing the Veterans' Affairs Department of negligence. Audio

After 10 years before the courts, this country's longest-running employment case has ended with a win for Radio New Zealand. Audio

Four people who took part in what the Crown described as a vigilante attack on a Featherston man have all been found guilty of his murder. Audio

The Crown says the fatal beating of Featherston supermarket worker, Glen Jones, was a case of vigilante justice because the murder accused believed he had raped a woman they knew. Audio

A lawyer for losing investors in the Feltex carpet company has told a court its claims were misleading and untrue. Audio