Court of Appeal
Topics
- David Tamihere Supreme Court appealQuiet since 20 Aug 2025
- Tim Jago name suppression and allegationsQuiet since 17 Feb 2025
- Aaron Coupe sentencing and leaky home disputeQuiet since 17 Jun 2025
- Marine and coastal rights law changesQuiet since 22 Oct 2025
All stories
October 2026
- Mother's child abuse case referred to Court of Appeal
- Crown says evidence against Scott Watson remains overwhelming
+1 - Man blocked from legal profession after Dunedin Airport bomb scare
- Malcolm Rewa appeals sentence for 1988 Onehunga rape attack
- Nepalese student turned to cocaine importation after failing to find IT work
September 2026
August 2026
- Court of Appeal to reconsider teenager's murder conviction
- Former Mongrel Mob member released on parole
- Kim Dotcom gives first major interview since suffering stroke
July 2026
December 2025
- Dunedin man's sentence reduced after killing mother with dumbbell
- Zuru wins Court of Appeal trademark dispute with Lego
- Christchurch mosque terrorist likely to give evidence at Court of Appeal
November 2025
- Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are employees
+1 - Man wrongly convicted of murder jailed for sexual connection with minor
- Kawakawa man's self-defence claim rejected in double stabbing case
October 2025
- Lawyers describe Gloriavale working structure as resembling a sweatshop
- Widow revives appeal to clear convicted murderer husband's name
- Opposition promises to repeal changes to marine and coastal rights law
- Former lawyer Davina Reid seeks to be readmitted to the profession
- Julia DeLuney appeals conviction for mother's murder in Khandallah
September 2025
- Court dismisses former ACT Party president's appeal against sexual abuse convictions
- Mother sues school principal for defamation over emails to lawyer
- Court of Appeal rejects man's $5m claim against ASB Bank
- Auror introduces in-store facial recognition technology amid legal challenge
- Former Act Party president denied parole for sexual offending
- Court of Appeal declines to quash Scott Watson's murder convictions+4
- Court of Appeal reduces Rosabel Kronfeld’s prison sentence
- Court of Appeal rejects Miles McKelvy's bid to avoid US extradition
August 2025
- Tingjun Cao appeals conviction for murder of Yanfei Bao
- Crown to seek retrial if Tamihere's murder convictions are quashed
- Lon Reti's murder conviction referred to Court of Appeal+3
- Supreme Court hears David Tamihere's appeal against murder convictions
- Supreme Court hears David Tamihere's appeal against murder convictions+3
- Supreme Court rules riverbeds can be included in customary marine title
- Supreme Court dismisses appeal application by Peter Huljich
- Teenager appeals conviction and sentence for Dunedin fatal stabbing
July 2025
- Luca Fairgray's prison sentence reduced on appeal
- Court of Appeal dismisses Michael Topp's murder conviction appeal
- Stephen Robert Wilson fails in bid to appeal his sentence
June 2025
- Luca Fairgray argues prison sentence was manifestly excessive
- Former ACT Party president appeals sexual abuse conviction and sentence+1
- Leaky home compensation dispute reaches the Court of Appeal
May 2025
- Dunedin man appeals life sentence for killing mother with dumbbell
- Former partner blames mental health system for double killer's actions+1
- Peter Huljich revealed as businessman convicted of insider trading+1
March 2025
- Palmerston North man jailed for sexual abuse to appeal convictions
- Supreme Court rejects Lai Toy's appeal against animal ill-treatment convictions
February 2025
- Sex charges dropped against former CYFS caregiver Earl Opetaia
- Man sentenced to prison for supplying methamphetamine
- Advocate criticises length of name suppression for Tim Jago
January 2025
- Kian McNamara named after court declines name suppression for murder conviction
- Influencer David Pegler named after suppression order lapses
- New evidence in Gabriel Yad-Elohim murder case
- Christchurch man fails bid for early prison release