The experts noted that this trajectory risks worsening structural inequalities, particularly for Māori and Pasifika ...

Assaults on prison staff have nearly doubled in the past seven years.

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) urged New Zealand on Thursday to take stronger action to reduce its rising prison population and better support its independent monitoring ...

GENEVA - New Zealand must take action to reduce its rising prison population and better take advantage of its independent monitoring mechanism by ...

Assaults are much more numerous than the last time prisoner numbers neared 10,900.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand soldier, who admitted trying to spy for a foreign power, was sentenced to two years in military prison followed by discharge from the army. The sentencing ...

Murder carries a mandatory life sentence in New Zealand, with judges required to set a prison term of at least 10 years before an offender can apply for parole. Arson carries a sentence of up to 14 ...

A jury began its deliberations Wednesday in the trial of a man accused of murdering five people in Wellington, New Zealand, by setting fire to a boarding house. He has denied murder and arson ...

Murder carries a mandatory life sentence in New Zealand, with judges required to set a prison term of at least 10 years before an offender can apply for parole. Venning said when the trial began on ...