Stories by Anneke Smith

The Crown has sought to charge an Auckland man with terrorism in what would be the second case in New Zealand history.

A West Auckland man who killed his mother with a hammer has been found guilty of murdering her.

Four men facing Serious Fraud Office charges over donations made to the National Party - including MP Jami-Lee Ross - have pleaded not guilty at their first court appearance.

A man who targeted an Asian family in a road rage rampage received a "manifestly inadequate" jail term, Crown law has argued.

The detective in charge of the investigation into Grace Millane's murder says the so-called "rough sex defence" used in the trial repeatedly victimised her family.

The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane will spend at least 17 years behind bars.

The details of Grace Millane's death have been turned over and over, but RNZ journalist Anneke Smith reports that her life was about family, friends and travel.

The man found guilty of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane is being sentenced today.

A West Auckland man who attacked his unwell mother says he wasn't thinking when he picked up the hammer that killed her.

The jury in the trial of a West Auckland man accused of murdering his mother has heard she died of blunt force trauma.

Martin Marinovich cared for his mother since he was nine. Shortly before he attacked her, he told a family friend he couldn't cope any more.

A man snapped before fatally attacking his mother with a hammer in West Auckland, a court has heard.

A woman on trial for murdering her abusive partner has told a jury she was protecting her son when she stabbed him.

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her abusive partner has heard what her son told police the night of the stabbing.

A man accused of murdering a woman in west Auckland last year can now be named.

The jury in the trial of a woman who fatally stabbed her abusive partner has heard a 111 call made the night he died.

A woman stabbed her abusive partner before saying "I just murdered somebody" within earshot of police, a court has been told.

A man has pleaded guilty to killing a man through an assault in South Auckland last year.

The man who murdered Grace Millane has been ordered to pay his landlord more than $5000 for damages to his apartment and unpaid rent.

The convicted drug smuggler has been refused parole, despite saying he "will not waste the chance to start over again".

An Auckland businessman charged with breaching name suppression in relation to the Grace Millane case has kept his own name secret.

It's a time of 'shell-ebration' for one Waikato couple who have been reunited with a long-lost turtle that disappeared seven years ago.

The family of a man who died in a Samoan prison will not meet the country's Attorney-General after he postponed a trip to New Zealand.

An Auckland lawyer swept up in April's Comanchero gang raids has lost name suppression.

Four Auckland pharmacies have been fined a total of $28,000 for paying some employees less than the minimum wage.