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.

Chris Brown's behaviour proves he doesn't deserve a ticket into New Zealand, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.

The devastated mother of a Kiwi basketballer who narrowly survived yesterday's college massacre is rushing to be with her son.

Body parts bitten off, maimed from severe burns - experts believe the brutality of attacks on women by their male partners is worsening.

The day after Parmita Rani left her controlling husband, he waited in the foyer of her central-Auckland language school to stab her to death.

A former Immigration Minister says he would let Chris Brown into the country because it would cause no obvious harm.

South Africa's murder rate has increased for the third year running, with opposition groups saying the figures mirror "a country at war".

Police have called for help in the search for a group of youths who "king-hit" on a man outside Denny's in Manukau, leaving him with serious head injuries.

The man accused of murdering Christchurch toddler Ihaka Stokes will keep his name suppressed, for now.

Beating of Australian tourist by British man with criminal convictions highlights a ''leak'' in New Zealand's border protection system, lawyer says.

Police want the public's help after a man was seriously injured when two younger men attacked him in a small Southland town.

Michael Murray hit Morris on the head with a sickle-like tool. Morris died seconds later in his partner Millie Elder-Holmes' arms.

A 51-year-old man was found by members of the public after being assaulted in Nelson just after 2pm.

An Upper Hutt man says he will never forgive the man he considered his best friend after he killed his mother in a frenzied and brutal axe attack.

A man and woman charged after the death of Taupo preschooler Moko Sayviah Rangitoheriri have had the charges upgraded from assault on a child to murder.

A New Zealander living in Vanuatu has appeared in court today facing charges for murdering a local man in what police describe as a vicious, drunken fight over a girl.

The mother of slain teenager Luke Tipene faces the prospect of reliving her son's death all over again at a second trial.

The jury on the Luke Tipene murder trial has reached a stalemate and been discharged by the judge.

An Auckland teen charged with murder, who allegedly escaped bail and evaded authorities for four days, will remain behind bars until trial.

The judge in the Luke Tipene murder trial has told the jury the teenage defendant can be found guilty even if the act was unplanned and "instantly regretted".

A Taupo man who killed his partner in an "unprovoked and cowardly" hammer attack has told the woman's daughters he was enjoying prison.

A teenager deliberately stabbed a rugby league starlet in the neck and must have known death was likely, the Crown says.

A fight over a taxi left a young man lying in the middle of a central Auckland road with critical head injuries at the weekend.

Toxicology results from the second autopsy performed on Maggie Watson showed traces of chemicals or drugs in her system, her grandfather claims.

A 13-year-old boy convicted of manslaughter was supposed to be taken into CYF care a month before he killed an Auckland dairy owner last June.

The man accused of murdering a Christchurch toddler last month has been granted bail.

The friend of a teenager accused of stabbing an up-and-coming rugby league player has described seeing his mate's look of shock moments after the fatal incident.

An eleventh hour decision by a man who bashed his elderly mother to sack his lawyer was branded "disgusting" by his mother in court today.