Grieving relatives of one of the men killed in the Auckland pawn shop double homicide have paid tribute to him.

One of the men killed in a pawn shop in south Auckland on Saturday had recently returned from helping flood victims in Northland, a witness says.

A nurse who punched a patient failed to provide care and skill, a Health Commissioner has found.

An off-duty bouncer is accused of punching a female bar patron repeatedly in the face as she sat in a taxi outside the bar where he worked.

The last night of Allison Baden-Clay's life started like any other.

The Kiwi family of a Tongan man killed in Hawaii say they have no idea what happened to their relative, beyond what they've read in the news.

A 12-year-old will stay in Child Youth and Family custody ahead of his trial for the manslaughter of a West Auckland dairy.

An 11-year-old stabbed in the head with a pair of classroom scissors has woken from a coma - and his survival means the boy believed responsible will not be charged.

Italian prosecutors pushing for Amanda Knox’s extradition from the US claim they have evidence of her extensive links to cocaine dealers in Perugia, it has been reported.

Murray McCully says it was "good and proper process" for him to leave the case of a Malaysian diplomat accused of sex crimes to authorities for seven weeks.

The former boyfriend of Amanda Knox has cast doubt on her innocence in the murder of the British student Meredith Kercher.

Questions have been raised as to how a woman who threatened to harm her neighbour before later killing her was not formally admitted to a mental health facility earlier.

A man who killed his friend with a punch and then buried him in a shallow grave has had his jail term reduced on appeal.

The sister of the 11-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed a classmate in the head with scissors has complained to the Ministry of Education about the school.

Police investigating the homicide of Wanganui man Brett Hall have arrested and charged a man with his murder.

The mother of an eight month old Hamilton boy who died following head injuries received at home has released a statement.

The child alleged to have stabbed his classmate in the head with scissors still hasn't been formally interviewed by police.

A grieving father is stunned at the sentences handed to three men responsible for his son's death, while the victim's mother says she wishes the offenders were dead instead.

The child stabbed in the head in a classroom altercation in Mangere hasn't woken from his coma since the incident.

A hospital chaplain was assaulted with a box cutter and a stick after telling a man attempting to rob his collection boxes, "You can't take God's money".

A new report looking at family violence is recommending that a partial defence be introduced for repeat victims who lash out at their abusers.

A 12-year-old boy is facing a new charge of manslaughter over the killing of a west Auckland dairy owner, and his case will now move to the High Court.

The murder of dairy owner Arun Kumar has shocked the central Henderson community. But locals say youth crime in the area has been escalating for months.

Aucklander Tina Helg had no idea that her Greenlane home was the scene of one of New Zealand's most sensational murders.

The key figure in one of the most notorious murders in New Zealand colonial history has been pardoned.

A man accused of assaulting an 8-month-old baby who has since died has been charged with the infant's murder.