Law

Licensed cannabis growers can currently legally obtain illicit seeds and plants.

Sixty-one young people were involved in harmful sexualised conduct around the time of Sincere Standtrue's death, a senior police detective says.

Convicted murderer Scott Watson's application to include an academic report on eyewitness memory in his upcoming appeal has been thrown out by the court.

Security footage shows the rapper grabbing, shoving, dragging and kicking his girlfriend in 2016. He has apologised but he won't be charged. University of Auckland Associate Professor of Law, Carrie…

A Palmerston North Crown solicitor breached his obligations in a murder case, an independent review into errors made by the lawyer has found.

It is the second High Court action into the government's policies affecting Māori.

"We accept we have failed to live up to the standard required of us," says SkyCity chairperson Julian Cook.

Our current drug laws are harmful, according to a group of experts who want to see the Misuse of Drugs Act overhauled 

An applicant has challenged questions about depression, mental health and sick leave asked by a Z petrol station - so where's the line?. Audio

Karen Chhour wants Oranga Tamiriki to establish more partnerships with Māori, despite introducing a bill to Parliament removing their obligation to do so.

A battle between a Manawatū fish-and-chippie and a Louisiana chicken joint reads like a David and Goliath battle. But it's a little more complicated, Alexandra Allen-Franks writes.