A Martinborough volunteer firefighter is in intensive care battling for his life after going to the aid of a group of young women.

A teen murderer's "one-fingered salute" to a press photographer made a lie of his remorse, a High Court judge says.

A former Mana Party candidate and Green Party member has appeared in the Rotorua District Court charged with assaulting a woman and possession of cannabis.

A teen who stabbed a fellow partygoer to death over a kiss has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum sentence of 11 years.

Blanket suppression details on an arrest from the Rae Portman murder investigation were lifted today, although name suppression of the accused remains in place.

Christie Marceau woke up to her mother screaming. Moments later, she was dead.

Closure is a long way off for the parents of an Auckland man who was bashed to death by Killer Clown Fiend gang members.

Amanda Kennedy stared down the killer who took the life of her friend and flatmate, as he was sentenced to five years in prison today.

The man who fatally punched Sky TV employee Billy Dawson has been sentenced to five years in prison.

The connection between animal abuse and the abuse of humans will be explored at this year's New Zealand Companion Animal Conference.

Four men will appear in court tomorrow charged over a stabbing in central Auckland late on Friday.

New Zealand rock musician Graham Brazier, the singer in band Hello Sailor, has been charged with assaulting his ex.

A man could lose the sight in one eye after being slashed from the temple to the jaw in a random attack during a night out in central Auckland.

About 100 people gathered at the Te Aroha Race Course today to farewell Rae Portman, whose body was found on a farm last week.