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.

A homicide investigation was launched in west Auckland overnight following the death of a man at a Kelston address.

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.

Daughter of a New Zealand man who died after an assault in Australia last month has made an emotional plea for information into his death.

Husband of mother left with severe head injuries after she tried to stop a bag snatch says: "She is very sore and extremely tired."

Hero mum-of-six Lucy Knight has asked about the welfare of her youngest children – her first brief sentences since undergoing brain surgery after a shocking daylight attack last week.

The husband of Lucy Knight, the woman seriously hurt after intervening in an attempted bag snatch, says the response from the public has been mind-boggling.

Lucy Knight's family have spoken about her progress in hospital - and their gratitude to the public, who have donated more than $160,000 to help her recovery.

A 17-year-old Manurewa youth charged over an attack on an Auckland mother of six who intervened in an alleged street robbery will seek bail tomorrow.

Family and friends of a mother of six who was beaten when she intervened in an attempted bag-snatch say they are not surprised she didn't hesitate to help someone else.

A Sri Lankan man accused of murdering a woman in Switzerland in 2000 has been released on bail.

A 17-year-old man has been arrested and charged over the attack on good samaritan Lucy Knight yesterday afternoon.

A Kaitaia hostel owner has had fresh charges laid against him since his appearance in court.