He is serving a life sentence for the 1998 New Year's Day murders of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope.

A man killed in a stabbing spree on Wednesday night has been named by police.

The man found dead in an Auckland home yesterday was a 19-year-old from Whanganui.

A 25 year-old woman is in custody after the death of a 67 year-old man in a "tragic" family dispute, police say.

Three other people were transported to Wellington Hospital by ambulance, while one person was assisting police with inquiries and the scene.

A convicted murderer has been transferred out of Whanganui Prison after assaulting two prison officers.

Peter Lawrence Clague is on trial at Auckland District Court charged with male assaults female.

A Kiwi principal at the helm of one of a prestigious English school has flown home to defend a domestic violence charge laid by his ex-partner.

Others stood by while a young woman was being strangled and punched in her car, but five Auckland men took action.

One boy has been found guilty of manslaughter in the death of a West Auckland shopkeeper but a second has been cleared of the same offence.

A leading family violence expert is welcoming a move to encourage more transparency between agencies dealing with domestic abuse cases.

After half a day deliberating, the jury in the Arun Kumar trial has retired for the night.

The brother of slain North Shore woman Cissy Chen says his family is hurting at not being able to bring his sister the justice they feel she deserves.

A jury will today consider the guilt of two boys allegedly involved in the death of a west Auckland shopkeeper.

The man suspected of massacring nine people in an historic African American church in South Carolina had been planning an attack for six months and wanted to spark a civil war, says his roommate.

Two years ago President Barack Obama predicted that when it came to averting mass shootings through gun control, "sooner or later, we are going to get this right".

Clementa Pinckney was busy on Thursday, not unusual for a man who was both a respected pastor and state senator in his native South Carolina.

United States police were last night searching for a gunman who opened fire at a historic African-American church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.

The story of a 13-year-old accused's upbringing that was laced with drugs, alcohol and violence has been told in court this morning.

In an exclusive interview with the NZME.News Service, the man cleared of murdering Cissy Chen says he remained calm during the trial through constant prayer.

A piece of paper was found by police officers in the couple’s Torbay home weeks after the investigation began.

The morning Cissy Chen went missing she allegedly told a close friend that if she died her partner of eight years would be the killer.

Cissy Chen's brother says the jury's decision to find her partner not guilty of her murder is "very unfair" to his sister.

The older brother of a 14-year-old boy accused of murder has told the court how his little brother took synthetic drugs and lived in a drug house.

Domestic violence charges against Chinese millionaire Donghua Liu have been dropped.

The oldest of two young boys accused of killing dairy owner Arun Kumar will not testify for his own defence.

A man who was allegedly chased away by neighbours has been charged after a 73-year-old woman was assaulted in her Auckland home.

A jury has been told the circumstantial Crown case over the murder of Cissy Chen relies on “reasoning by inference” but was warned by a judge to avoid speculation.

A man has suffered serious head injuries after an assault on Sunday evening.