Christchurch, March 6 NZPA - Two High Courts have been taken over for the first morning of the retrial of David Cullen Bain on charges of murdering five members of his family.

Wellington, March 6 NZPA - A relaxed and smiling David Bain has arrived at court for retrial on charges he murdered his parents and three siblings in Dunedin in 1994.

Wellington, March 6 NZPA - A coroner has hailed as a hero a Christchurch teenager who died saving his younger brother from drowning in the Waimakariri River.

Wellington, March 6 NZPA - A Wanganui judge yesterday jailed two teenagers for aggravated robbery, and warned young offenders they could expect jail for serious offending.

Wellington, March 6 NZPA - A man accused of historic sexual offences against two young girls was committed for trial in Invercargill District Court yesterday.

Wellington, March 6 NZPA - David Bain faces his second trial today for the 1994 murder of his parents and three siblings in their Dunedin home.

Wellington, March 5 NZPA - Resource consent given to a Wellington brothel has been quashed by the High Court in a victory for neighbours.

Wellington, March 5 NZPA - A Christchurch man who allegedly knocked himself out during a bungled burglary of a Christchurch house today elected to stand trial.

Wellington, March 5 NZPA - News websites can now carry internet video coverage of David Bain's retrial, after the trial judge relaxed his ruling on the issue.

Nelson Pine's announcement that it plans to shed 60 jobs is a further blow to a region already reeling from job losses at Sealord, say the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and the National Distribution Union.