
Deaths cut close to home
An emotional Judith Collins has revealed her personal pain at the loss of a cousin, murdered when her husband breached a protection order.
An emotional Judith Collins has revealed her personal pain at the loss of a cousin, murdered when her husband breached a protection order.
A mum viciously attacked on her daily walk is furious that up to a dozen witnesses refused to intervene.
Authorities missed many red flags before Bradley and Ellen Livingstone were killed by their father in their Dunedin home.
A New Plymouth district councillor has taken down a video of an altercation involving roadside window washers.
St John is considering installing security cameras in its ambulances after one of its paramedics was assaulted in a staged attack.
The start of 2014 has seen a tragic, but sadly predictable discussion around Australia about lives lost or hanging in the balance due to violence.
The wife of a man accused of bashing his teen daughter, then forcing her to hide her injuries behind a burqa, denies failing to seek medical attention for the girl.
A father has denied criminal charges laid over allegations he beat his daughter and then imprisoned her at home to hide her injuries, which included a broken nose and broken tooth.
"I stood up and then bang, (Packer) hit me straight away." The young man assaulted by NRL player Russell Packer has spoken exclusively to the Herald.
A teenager has been arrested after a man was stabbed in the stomach in Central Auckland early yesterday.
A witness who saw the injuries inflicted on a pair of teenaged tourists says one of them was barely recognisable after the Boxing Day attack.
A 32-year-old Taupo man is to appear in the Rotorua District Court tomorrow (Friday) over a family violence incident in Waitahanui.
A man is yet to emerge from a coma after being hit on the head by a beer jug after intervening in a drunken argument at a Hamilton pub on Friday night.
A Nelson man has been arrested and charged with hitting another man over the head with a spade.
Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is facing three additional sex assault charges involving two new alleged victims, one aged "seven or eight" at the time.
The partner of a Muslim man who police say bashed his 15-year-old daughter and hid her injuries under a burqa has appeared in court.
When police phoned to says his stepfather was dead he knew his mum was the culprit.
Phil Nisbet's sister says she was forced to launch her own investigation into her brother's death after police rejected her claims he was murdered.
More details of a Muslim father's alleged reign of terror over his daughter have emerged.
The father of a 15-year-old Muslim teenager has been arrested after allegedly beating and detaining her, and forcing her to hide her facial injuries beneath a burqa.