The mother of tortured Rotorua three-year-old Nia Glassie has been denied parole, with the board saying she remained an undue risk to the community.

Parliament will be asked to condemn the brutal beating and torture of Fijian prisoners, which Fiji's Prime Minister is standing by.

Sam Doyle's miraculous recovery from a stabbing through three layers of bone in his skull has made him even more grateful for his life.

Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says he will support his men if they were involved in the repeated beating an escaped prisoner.

An Auckland PR executive has appeared in court charged with physically abusing her prominent property developer husband while a protection order was in force.

Prime Minister John Key says a video of Fijian men apparently being beaten is "alarming and concerning" and it will be raised with the Fiji government.

A man accused of brutally bashing and robbing an elderly couple in their Christchurch home has been remanded in custody today.

A New Zealander who injected a friend with heroin at a drug-fuelled Sydney stag night has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

A teenager on bail when he robbed an 81-year-old woman, breaking her hip and wrist and disabling her for life, has been sentenced to home detention.

Christchurch police are looking for a 59-year-old man, as they investigate the traumatising assault of an elderly couple.

A woman who fought off an attacker is furious to hear her alleged assailant could face a reduced charge.

Almost a quarter of a century after the murder of a senior drug-busting Federal Police officer, another inquiry is about to open into a case that continues to intrigue Australia.

One of the men involved in a gang-related brawl outside a child's first birthday party says he deeply regrets his actions as they have robbed his children of their father.

An entrant in this weekend's Ironman triathlon in Taupo suffered serious injuries in a road-rage attack in which a motorist allegedly chased him down.

A dog came to the rescue of its owner, biting an armed man who was attacking her.

Christchurch police are investigating two unrelated attacks on women over the weekend which they say appear to be sexually motivated.

A Masterton man has appeared in court charged with intentionally causing grievous bodily harm after another man was hospitalised with three stab wounds to his buttocks.

Police have named a 24-year-old student found stabbed to death in his Auckland home.

Hinewhare Harawira has stepped down from an anti-violence campaign following allegations her three adult sons beat a 12-year-old boy.

Mana Party MP Hone Harawira has offered to help settle a dispute between three of his nephews and a 12-year-old boy the trio allegedly assaulted.