An Australian man charged with the murder of a NZ woman has had his bail application adjourned, with a judge describing the charges against him as "weak".

More than 600 people gathered in the Ashburton Event Centre today to celebrate the life of Peg Noble, one of two women shot to death in Ashburton's Work and Income building.

Police investigating the double fatal Work and Income shooting in Ashburton say they have found a mountainbike and personal items which may belong to the suspect.

On Thursday the world will learn of the fate of Olympian Oscar Pistorius.

Private investigators claim a series of mystery phone calls were made to slain farmer Scott Guy on the eve and day of his killing which may hold the key to the four-year-old murder.

The tragic shooting of three women at the Winz office in Ashburton on Monday was shocking. Two women were killed and one is still in a serious condition in hospital.

Public servants will observe two minutes of silence at 9.51am on Monday to remember those who lost their lives a week earlier in the Ashburton Work and Income shootings.

Ashburton police are appealing to the public to help them locate a black mountain bike and any other items belonging to alleged Winz double murderer Russell John Tully.

The funeral of slain Winz worker Peggy Noble will be held on Monday in Ashburton.

Police investigating the Work and Income murders had possession of the alleged shooter's gun for two days before telling the public they had located it.

About 300 people holding candles of hope wrapped their arms around one another and grieved for Peg Noble and Leigh Cleveland at a vigil near Ashburton's Winz office.

Prime Minister John Key has written an open letter to the people of Ashburton after the tragic deaths of two Work and Income staff in the town earlier this week

A man who indecently abused young boys over nearly a decade has narrowly avoided a sentence of preventive detention.

A woman who was supposed to be at the Ashburton Work and Income office for a 9am appointment is counting her lucky stars she was late.

Chilling new details have emerged about the terrifying moments when three women were shot at Ashburton's Work and Income office.

Half the people who walk into Work and Income offices get turned down for something and usually get upset, a former frontline worker says.

Rrie Wright’s mum says she can’t stop crying since her daughter’s shocking death after falling from a Gold Coast balcony.

A teenager who accidentally shot and killed his best friend will be freed after nine months in prison following an emotional plea for early release.

A senior policeman is under pressure to explain his decision not to prosecute a school principal.

A year after Auckland couple Glenys Stanton and Trevor Waite were gunned down in bed together police have revealed the findings of the investigation into the murders.

A man who lived in New Zealand for 13 years under a false identity was arrested yesterday in connection with a killing in Switzerland 14 years ago.

An elderly couple were beaten in their own home by an axe handle-wielding son, a court heard today.

The years have washed away the markings on Paddy Black’s grave at Waikumete Cemetery.

Waikato University staff hope security footage will help police track a man who attacked a young woman in broad daylight at the Hamilton campus yesterday.

Auckland's Sikh community is shocked by the revelation that one of the people accused of stabbing a man to death in his car is his wife.