More than one hundred bikes lined the street outside a gang headquarters in Auckland as mourners turned out to pay tribute to Connor Morris.

A High Court jury has been told by the Crown that a man accused of murder killed the mother of his three children "in the most horrible way" imaginable.

Man accused of murdering two pawn shop workers has denied the offending.

Connor Morris had rejoined the Head Hunters in recent months, which could increase the risk of retaliation over his death despite police saying it wasn't a gang hit.

Millie Elder-Holmes has made an emotional visit to the Auckland gang headquarters where the body of her slain boyfriend Connor Morris lies.

A man has admitted a firearms charge over a fatal West Auckland shooting but police say there will be no more serious charges laid.

A High Court murder trial has been told that police lost an opportunity to gather forensic evidence during an East Coast homicide inquiry.

As Connor Morris' grieving family prepared for his tangi last night, police said they were hunting for the weapon and person responsible for his death.

A man who was stabbed in downtown Auckland this afternoon has been taken to Auckland Hospital in critical condition.

A fresh allegation of potential evidence tampering has emerged in the Crewe murder case - but this time it is not against the police.

A fire allegedly started by a Gisborne man accused of burning his partner to death was so hot it melted a fire fighter's helmet, the High Court at Gisborne has been told.

A police review has taken nearly four years and come no closer to answering the question that has puzzled the country for nearly 44 years: who killed the Crewes?

Rochelle Crewe says she's pleased her aunt and grandparents have been cleared over the deaths of her parents.

An Auckland woman is recovering in Middlemore Hospital following a serious assault in Otara overnight.

The man accused of assaulting a parking warden says he's "deeply remorseful" the other man got hurt, but will contest the charge laid against him.

Police have apologised to Malcolm Rewa's victims over the length of time it took to catch the serial rapist and prevent his offending.

A parking warden was admitted to hospital after being attacked on duty in Auckland - and the assault was so bad, it kept him in hospital for five nights.

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.

A Hamilton man accused of murdering his infant son can now be named.

The grandmother of an 8-year-old NZ-born girl beaten to death with a vacuum cleaner pipe in 2011 says Australian child care authorities failed in their duty.