Sensitive work after the Christchurch shootings could only be done by trained personnel.

A legal stoush has broken over a video of Damond "gasping for breath" before dying.

Homicide investigation was launched on Friday evening following woman's death.

He appeared in the Wellington District Court this morning wearing a tear resistant gown.

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Police were called to the address at Lemnos Ave in the Wellington suburb of Karori.

Judge said man's actions were pre-meditated as a result of "anger, jealousy and revenge".

Overseas Muslim group's Instagram post called "disturbing and crass".

The criminal history of Tom Francis has finally caught up with him.

The accused continues to have interim name suppression.

A man who murdered his ex-wife in front of their toddler has been jailed for life.

It is believed a group of youths were turned away from the party just before the incident.

A 41-year-old man was seriously assaulted by three men shortly after 6am on Valley Rd.

Attacked nurse: "I couldn't react because after a second I was hit in the head."

Victim was beaten by 17yo hitchhikers who dumped him by the roadside and stole his car.

Petition asking for reasonable consultation on gun law reforms has over 10,000 signatures.

The teenager faces one charge of knowingly making or copying objectionable material.

Gun City's 800sq m mega-store in Napier is set to open in early April.

Capital and Coast District Health Board refused to comment on the incident.

Kevin Everett hit Leeanne Hart across the head, causing her to die from a brain bleed.

Malcolm Rewa bludgeoned Susan Burdett to death with a baseball bat, a jury concluded.

Legend has it there's a grave in an Aussie town so full, bodies have been buried upright.

The ten people detained were inclined to kill as many "non-believers" as possible.

Two people were injured - one critically - after a fight broke out about 1.50am.

Givealittle campaigns have been launched for each man, both of whom had young families.

The man was taken to Northland Base Hospital in a critical condition.

Emergency services were called to the incident just before 2am in Onehunga.

Broken collarbone suffered by one of the Middlemore Hospital staff who were assaulted

Mother trying to support son who lost six friends during Christchurch mosque shootings.