Kiwi has avoided a conviction for punching a man who was at a bar with the sportsman's ex-girlfriend.

"I just burst into tears when I saw in the mirror that I had no teeth."

Richard Tait beat, raped and then strangled girlfriend.

DISTRESSING IMAGES: Former world squash champion Ross Norman is on the mend after being the victim of a random bashing in the UK.

More than two years after Trevor Waite's death, his whole family misses him - on every birthday, every Christmas and every other anniversary.

Coroner's report into the August 2013 murder suicide which shocked New Zealand is released.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested with the murder of Dunedin woman Karin Ann Ross.

Man accused of stabbing the woman to death in Wellington is in custody awaiting a mental health assessment.

A house in Kaikorai belonging to the co-worker of woman who was killed in Dunedin last week has been searched by police.

Roofer Troy Taylor was the boyfriend of the 15-month-old boy's mother.

The shooting in San Bernardino yesterday, where 14 people died, brought the number of mass shootings in the US to 355 this year.

The family of one of two shooters who opened fire at a Southern Californian disability centre say they have no idea why he took part in the massacre.

A man charged with a violent sex attack on a prostitute in Canada has appeared in the Palmerston North District Court.

An Auckland woman suffered a badly bruised face following an "absolutely brutal" attempt to steal her car from a public park in broad daylight.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after two stabbings in Hamilton yesterday, one of which left a man with life-threatening injuries.

Police say a shopkeeper was injured during an attack in central Auckland involving a knife.

Legal expenses at the Mark Lundy retrial have topped $2 million and the bill for the entire case is three times that amount.

Scott Watson has spoken for the first time about the murders he was convicted of. Ben Smart and Olivia Hope went missing in 1998 and were never found.

Police have charged a 49-year-old man in relation to an assault near Bluff on Sunday.

A man was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack after a dispute over cans of bourbon and cola, a court has heard.

Police remain tight-lipped about how the woman died and detectives from Invercargill are trying to piece together the hours which led up to her death.

A Tauranga doctor has been charged with the murder of his lover, Brisbane socialite and former model Maureen Boyce.

The doctor who formerly lived in the Bay of Plenty is charged with the murder of Australian socialite and former model Maureen Boyce.

The friend of a slain security guard hopes other young people are protected following a coroner's inquiry into the death of 22-year-old Charanpreet Singh Dhaliwal.

Bus and taxi drivers are being attacked so regularly ACC is having to pay out for violence-related claims nearly every week of the year.

13 years after the attack, Ms Butler was able to thank those who risked their own lives to save hers.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a 28-year-old man died in hospital following an incident at an Invercargill property.

Police have launched a homicide inquiry after a man was killed in Invercargill tonight.

A former Australian Navy mechanic who reportedly confessed to three murders spent time in New Zealand. Australian police are seeking information on him.

The teenager found guilty of killing a West Auckland shopkeeper will have his name hidden from the public permanently.