The mother of slain model Reeva Steenkamp, shot dead by Oscar Pistorius on Valentine's Day 2013, is due to share her daughter's story with Kiwis.

A man will appear in court today charged with the murder of a Whangamata man who was found dead earlier this month.

A nurse has been stabbed while visiting a mental health patient in South Auckland.

Police are following “positive leads” in locating a person who shot a man dead in Hamilton today.

A man has been arrested after a violent incident in Kingsland tonight.

A Hamilton man has admitted the murder of his 8-month-old son after fighting the charge since his arrest last year.

Survivors of the Copenhagen synagogue attack talk about how the night unfolded.

A third person has been arrested and charged in relation to the the death of a man in Taita, Lower Hutt last week.

A man has been arrested and charged after a 39-year-old man was killed in Lower Hutt last night.

"You can't compensate for the loss of a child, but there were so many expenses the Government doesn't seem to understand." Sophie Elliot's father speaks out.

A homeless man will spend at least 12 years in jail for murdering his mate in a central Auckland park after they fought over a free pizza.

"All I saw was blood," said a horrified neighbour who watched as a man was hit with a golf club and then repeatedly kicked while he lay on the ground yesterday.

Police say a young female officer was repeatedly punched and eye gouged in the back of a patrol car while being driven to the station with an alleged drink-driver.

A woman has been seriously injured after being stabbed in Ponsonby, Auckland, tonight.

Murder accused Gable Tostee has been sentenced to 10 months in jail after admitting to a drunken, high-speed cross-border police pursuit in his father’s car.

The man accused of murdering New Zealand woman Warriena Wright has been sharing dating tips on an online bodybuilding forum.

When her son was murdered by his father at cricket training, Rosie Batty used her grief to highlight domestic violence. Now she has been named Australian of the Year.

The victims of a violent axe attack that took place in Wellington last year have had their name suppression lifted, after a man appeared in court today.

Bali police have shot and arrested the man who allegedy organised the murder of New Zealand-raised businessman Robert Ellis.

A woman who was hit over the head with a bottle and severely beaten during a "terrifying" home invasion says the ordeal has left her scared of going out at night alone.

A 23-year-old man was left with an iron bar lodged in his head after being viciously attacked in the Bay of Plenty overnight.

A father whose baby died in suspicious circumstances more than four months ago is furious detectives have still not told him how his son died.

An examination of the scene of a homicide at a Woodville property has been completed.

Aaliyah Ashlyn Chand died at Christchurch Hospital on Wednesday with her parents by her bedside.

Christchurch's tight-knit Fijian-Indian community is looking to rally around the parents of a 1-year-old baby girl who died after suffering serious head injuries.

Two American tourists who were viciously assaulted less than 48 hours into their holiday say it won't ruin their time here.