A Chinese national, extradited from Singapore seven months ago, appeared in a New Zealand court on Wednesday to face charges of rape and strangling a woman during a violent home invasion.

New Zealand's Court of Appeal is hearing a challenge from a resident against a 2021 decision that granted consent to remove 278 exotic trees from the Ōtāhuhu maunga.

A man convicted in 1990 for the murder of two Swedish tourists in New Zealand has had his conviction overturned by the country's highest court.