A man found guilty of murdering a hairdresser he thought was a love rival has been sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 10 years.

A man has been sentenced to eight years in jail for attempted murder after shooting a man he perceived to be boastful and a "threat" to his family.

Pushing, punching, spitting and biting are all behaviours emergency department staff have to deal with when treating drunk patients, a survey has found.

A judge has today ordered "Black Widow" murderer Helen Milner to pay her son $55,000 in compensation after she "wickedly" framed him.

'Please contact someone who is not an insane psychopath' read Rurik Jutting's out-of-office message just before he was charged with the murders of two women.

New Zealand Rugby League is mourning the loss of 17-year-old rising star Luke Tipene who was killed during a brawl in an upmarket Auckland suburb.

Warriors rugby league stars have paid tribute to Luke Tipene after the talented teenager died in the early hours of this morning.

The body of an Auckland-raised business magnate murdered in Bali this week will arrive in New Zealand tomorrow ahead of a private funeral.

A multimillionaire businessman murdered in Bali and dumped in a rice field, allegedly on the orders of his wife, will be farewelled in New Zealand.

Oscar Pistorius was "gun toting", "trigger happy", "jealous" and "combustible", says Reeva Steenkamp's mother.

The hero mum-of-six who suffered serious head injuries as she came to the aid of a shopper being mugged says she has been given a second chance at life.

"Isn't it unfair I'm having to be the one to answer for all of this?" yelled mother of Luke Batty, the boy bashed and stabbed to death by his father.

Kaitaia backpack lodge owner Michael Harris facing multiple charges of offending against male guests.

An East Auckland father of three killed in a hit-and-run in a carpark outside a karaoke bar was out celebrating his wife’s birthday.

The recent detailed analysis of DNA collected from a shawl, allegedly of one of Jack the Ripper's first victims, appears to carry a fundamental maths error.

The 41-year-old man who died after being hit by a vehicle outside an east Auckland Karaoke bar on Saturday has been named by police.

A man was killed after a karaoke bar argument over a woman turned vicious in the early hours of yesterday.

The prime suspect in the "Stop-Go" slaying of George Taiaroa has left his rural hideaway.

A man has been charged with the murder of missing Opunake man Aaron Roigard.

Two men have today pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges after an assault on a Christchurch man that saw him die two weeks later of serious burn injuries.

Detectives reviewing the Crewe homicide case received fresh testimony from a world expert who said the abandoned toddler was fed in the five days before being found.

The home of a 49-year-old Meremere man is under guard while Waikato police investigate his death.