Rob Kidd

A prisoner has been jailed for seven years for slitting the throat of a fellow inmate - and he will serve every day of the sentence.

A day out of prison, Kaama Tetakoree Waenga smashed up two business and was back behind bars - mission accomplished.

A law student who made anti-Muslim slurs the day after the Christchurch mosque shootings says he is not a racist.

A deportee from Australia has taken just 18 months to rack up a variety of convictions, including for posting naked photos of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook.

A man who provided a rifle which was used to murder a Greymouth mother in front of her children has had his appeal rejected.

A Dunedin man who told the court he needed to travel north to attend his grandmother's tangi actually went to a gang summit to be patched, a court has heard.

A Dunedin woman who robbed an intellectually impaired man after hearing he had come into some money has dodged a prison sentence.

An intellectually disabled man donned a balaclava and attempted two bungled cash-grabs in a matter of minutes, a court has heard.

A teenage predator who targeted young girls and left three lives in ruins has been jailed for nearly four years.

A dog that killed 13 animals will be put down after its owner failed to show up in court.

A dog that wiped out 13 animals in a bloody killing spree will be put down after its owner failed to show up in court.

A prisoner went berserk, breaking a phone and attacking guards, eventually being pepper-sprayed into submission, a court has heard.

A drugged driver who was so intoxicated he could not get out of his car has failed in his bid to overturn a prison sentence.

A Dunedin builder serving a term of nearly 15 years' jail for sexually abusing his stepdaughter wants his convictions quashed.

A man who performed a pants-down haka in the middle of a Dunedin street - "whilst his genitalia swung freely'' - has been ordered to undertake a year of counselling.

A man who supplied a rifle which was used in the murder of a Greymouth mother claims he should have received a reduced sentence for his remorse.

Home with four children, Che Jerimia Eltringham sat beside a 10-year-old, waved a knife at his neck and asked ''which one is first?''

A woman who was behind bars with two of her four children has been released with two years of her sentence still to run.

A Dunedin man who beat up his friend and left him for dead has sought a reduced sentence - to the disgust of the victim's family.