Members of the west Auckland community shaken by the Roast Busters scandal will march against violence towards women tomorrow.

The thugs responsible for brutal assaults on journalist Phillip Cotrell and trainee teacher Tarun Asthana show we have a problem with street violence, Paul Thomas says.

The family of slain Wellington woman Rongmei Fan will arrive in the country this weekend, police say.

The man found guilty of kidnapping and murdering Hamilton woman Rae Portman maintains his innocence, his lawyer says.

A British woman pleaded guilty to the murders of three men whose bodies were found dumped in ditches.

The jury in the High Court at Auckland has retired to consider its verdict in the case of two men on trial over the murder of Rae Portman.

Two police officers accused of assaulting a woman in her Auckland home have been discharged without conviction.

Notorious child-killer Peter Holdem has had his jail term extended by three years, to at least 29 years behind bars, to make him one of New Zealand's longest serving convicts.

A 27-year-old naval rating has been charged with the manslaughter of a trainee primary school teacher.

Murdered woman Rae Portman was mixed up in a "man's world" she should have stayed out of, a High Court jury heard today.

A mother of two suffered a violent attack at her Wellington home and could have lain dead for days before her body was found, police say.

A homicide investigation has been launched after the body of a 37-year-old woman, described by neighbours as "bubbly" was found in a Wellington suburb.

More than 63,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the Prime Minister to take action over the Roast Busters.

Sexual abuse support groups, anti-violence campaigners and health practitioners have spoken out in support of victims and to condemn violence against females, in the wake of the Roast Busters revelations.

A string of attacks on the elderly has prompted an appeal to support one of society's most vulnerable groups.

The country's top cop has conceded police could have gone public about the Roast Busters scandal earlier.

An angel on a very fast motorcycle ... that's how a friend described student Tarun Asthana who died after being assaulted in Auckland last week.

An elderly couple were assaulted and tied up in a brutal home invasion in Pukekohe last night.

Several witnesses have reported seeing a man who matches the description of a suspect wanted wanted in relation to the attack and sexual violation of an 87-year-old woman.