The teens who assaulted Auckland schoolboy Stephen Dudley might have been sentenced but for the dead boy's family "it's certainly not over".

When Antoine Dixon severed ex-girlfriend Simonne Butler's hands with a samurai sword, it was "just one more day" in a life of sex, drugs and violence.

A Christchurch man who won a $14.3 million Powerball prize over the weekend called his boss to say "I quit" after he found out he'd struck the enormous jackpot.

A floral shrine to Connor Morris continues to grow on the berm at the place where he was killed, while his girlfriend and mother have thanked the public for their support.

Once a tea girl, a nursing assistant and a journalist imprisoned for her beliefs, the woman who will pass judgment on Oscar Pistorius' fate has retired to consider her verdict.

Someone who bought a $14.4 million winning Powerball ticket in a small South Island town could buy 44 average-priced homes there with the sudden windfall.

Blues rugby player Peter Saili is alleged to have beaten a 13-year-old boy whom he caught burgling his home.

It seems incredible two young men can walk away scot-free, without a blemish to their name, after assaulting a schoolboy who later died.

"Dead men walking": Threats of retribution against the killers of Connor Morris are escalating seven days after his death during a fight.

An East Coast man has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of his partner, who burned to death in their Tikitiki home.

It might sound unlikely - the victim of a "king hit" who suffered life-threatening injuries ends up incarcerated while his attacker avoids jail time.

Millie Elder-Holmes paid an emotional tribute to her "soulmate" and the man she credited with saving her life.

The frustration of Stephen Dudley's family boiled over in court this morning when the judge decided not to convict a teen who assaulted the schoolboy.

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.

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.

Oscar Pistorius has sold the luxury Pretoria house where he killed his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on St Valentine's Day last year.

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

Too scared to sleep in his own home after a violent invasion, a 73-year-old man is seeking the public's help to track down the attackers.

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.