Mark Lundy plans to visit the graves of his murdered wife and daughter - as well as of his father, who died while he was in jail, says a family spokesman.

Investigations editor Jared Savage talks to the retired businessman who has spent 10 years fighting what he saw as injustice.

Fingerprint and firearms experts have rejected claims Robin Bain had gunpowder marks on his fingers, police say.

Angry scenes erupted in court yesterday after a murderer who slashed a young mother's throat was told he could be out of jail in 10 years.

A man charged with the murder of Christchurch woman Michelle Mary Lawrence will stand trial next March.

Hello Sailor frontman Graham Brazier has admitted to twice assaulting his former fiancee.

Scott Guy's parents are determined not to dwell on the tragic circumstances of their "hero'' son's death.

An unknown number of hostages are still being held by gunmen at a Kenyan mall, after an attack that killed 39 and injured dozens, including a New Zealander.

Rolf Harris is to front court for the first time after being charged with 13 child sex offences.

A 3-year-old boy was among 12 people hit by gunfire at a park in the Southside of Chicago on Friday. The other victims included a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl.

Judith Furlong's eyes light up as she sees the wooden cross nestled between baches and crumbling sand dunes at the estuary town of Port Waikato.

The former boyfriend of Jane Furlong has broken his silence over her kidnapping and murder.

Chicago, the birthplace of the skyscraper, hangout of Al Capone and home to Barack Obama, has claimed a new and unwanted title as America's murder capital.

Catriona MacLennan writes: On Saturday night, I walked alone past Albert Park to meet friends at the town hall. If I'd have been attacked, it would've been my fault.

A man who executed his uncle and aunt in cold blood after a disagreement about chores has been labelled dangerous and cruel by a judge.

Police have launched 13 homicide inquiries after a dramatic spike in violent crimes in the past month.

The "shell-shocked'' mother of a security guard killed on the first day on the job feels betrayed by the justice system after the man accused of murdering him was acquitted today.

French and British investigators probing a quadruple murder in the French Alps say they are looking at a dispute over a multi-million-dollar family inheritance as a motive for the slayings.

Auckland's "streeties" feel increasingly at risk after a second homeless man in just over a month was killed in the city.

Trevor Waite was shot dead in his bed with Glenys Stanton. Three days later Johnny Mowatt shot himself. Anna Leask looks at how three lives collided so tragically.

A man who shot himself in Auckland's Woodhill Forest as police were closing in to question him has been formally identified.

Glenys Stanton was remembered for living life to the full and having a "smile that would light up a room" at her funeral in Auckland yesterday.

A young security guard, killed on his first night on the job, was filling in for a permanent staff member who had requested the night off for his birthday, a court has heard.

Police are to speak to the coroner today about the formal identification of the man believed to have shot dead his ex-girlfriend and her friend.

Chris Good keeps pinned to his fridge the original missing person appeal put out by police after Jane Furlong's disappearance. The typewritten note on yellow paper, stapled to a photo of Furlong, comes from a bygone era.

Hundreds of mourners yesterday farewelled Trevor Waite, the man gunned down alongside Glenys Stanton near Papakura last weekend.