Five masked males robbed a Henderson dairy this morning, armed with bats and batons.

The death of a woman following a reported house party is being treated as a homicide.

Police will next week search new "areas of interest" in the hunt for Christchurch builder.

The mum was cheering her son's try when the opposition players reportedly lost it.

Lee-Anne Cartier opens up about the personal cost of catching The Black Widow killer.

The man died of an apparent gunshot wound at a house on Whangamata Rd in Kinloch.

Kiwi-born aggravated robber to be deported despite not being in NZ since age 5.

Man taken to hospital with multiple stab wounds.

James Whenuaroa, 53, was found with serious head injuries two Saturdays ago.

Hastings father pretended to kill his son with a hammer for running around in a mosque.

Man wants to appeal community work sentence for beating up stepdaughter's rapist.

Christie Marceau woke up to her mother screaming. Moments later, she was dead.

The person was stabbed in the forehead in an altercation in Thames.

A man in his 60s is fighting for his life and another male had a heart attack.

Footage shows four men leaving Tolley's house, one "visibly distressed".

A dairy assistant was threatened with a machete held against his throat.

I saw a headline. 'Woman murders man for cigarettes,' it read. That woman is my sister.

A man wielding a machete who almost sliced off a man's hand was aiming for his head.

Mini mart robbed for cash and cigarettes by group of people armed with a bat.

Former top cop explains process is important.

'I'm not fighting you!' Jury awards $142,000 to family of girl in school bus assault.

Delia Williams' only son read out an emotional victim statement to the court.

Young woman reveals her drug battle in a quiet country town that nearly ended her life.

Numerous stories of feral children like the young girl exist.

A female Corrections officer has been hospitalised following a scuffle in court.

Police are calling for information on two aggravated robberies in and around Hamilton.

Actress Melissa George breaks her silence on the alleged violent assault that ended her relationship.

A US man has been charged with murdering his university student girlfriend and getting his friend to help dispose of her body.

Beaten boy a shadow of his former self, say worried parents.

Last week, a servo employee helped rescue a British backpacker allegedly held hostage for months. But there are other times strangers have saved lives.