Later this week around 160 restorative justice practitioners from around New Zealand converge on Wellington for the 2010 National Restorative Justice Conference.

Wellington, March 15 NZPA - The man convicted of kidnapping, torturing and murdering Lower Hutt teenager Karla Cardno in 1989 has again been denied parole.

The Parole Board postponed any further hearings by Paul Joseph Dally for three years.

Wellington, March 9 NZPA - Convicted double killer John Barlow has again been refused parole but his wife is confident he will be home in six months.

Wellington, March 8 NZPA - Convicted double murderer John Barlow has been denied parole a third time because he is still a risk to the community, the Parole Board says.

Wellington, March 1 NZPA - Sports trainer Malcolm John Platt has lost his appeal against conviction for raping and sexually violating a 16-year-old girl.

Auckland, Feb 28 NZPA - A man convicted in a retrial for beating a woman to death with a softball bat in 1992 is looking to appeal.

Auckland, Feb 19 NZPA - Double murderer Graeme Burton has been handed a sentence of preventive detention for attempting to murder a fellow prison inmate.

Burton, 39, was last year been found guilty of attempting to murder Dwayne Marsh at Auckland Prison at Paremoremo in December 2008.

Wellington, Feb 18 NZPA - Escaped prisoner Piripi Wiremu Raroa's week on the run today cost him an extra three months in jail.

The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to the escape charge when he appeared before Judge Raoul Neave in Christchurch District Court.

Wellington, Feb 16 NZPA - Convicted double murderer John Barlow will have his second Parole Board hearing this week.

Barlow was convicted in 1995 of the execution-style killings of Wellington father and son businessmen Eugene and Gene Thomas the previous year.

Wellington, Feb 11 NZPA - A drunk-driver who killed three Taranaki people in a horror crash in 2005 wants to campaign against drink-driving when he gets out of prison.