Benn Bathgate

Williams died on August 10, 2022, after developing serotonin syndrome and multi-organ failure from the toxic effects of several drugs.

A vaccine could have protected two young New Zealanders who have died from meningococcal disease in the past two months, a meningitis campaigner says.

Children as young as six used as drug spotters, vulnerable people exploited for sex and shoplifting, and debts ending in beatings.

A serial shoplifter with more than 250 previous convictions has failed in a bid to swap her prison cell for home detention after the High Court in

The background to the industrial scale cannabis operation busted just 200 metres from Huntly police station isn't just a drugs story - it's “modern day slavery”, according to a leading immigration lawyer.

A Hamilton aircraft manufacturer is restarting production of one of New Zealand's most successful aircraft exports after a 14-year break, with a

The man who killed Tokoroa teacher Lois Dear in her own classroom two decades ago says he “is now able to forgive himself for his offending”.

A Hamilton man secretly photographed his former partner partially naked as she slept, then turned the image into posters containing her

When James Hekau indecently assaulted his victim it left her feeling suicidal and with a “constant sense of despair”.

A truck driver secretly installed a 1000-litre bladder in his rig to steal tens of thousands of dollars worth of diesel from his employer – an