A 22-year-old man has been arrested after a 20-year-old male was stabbed to death near a bar north of Wellington early this morning, the second death in the area in just over a month.

The mother of slain teenager Christie Marceau has been selected for jury service next month.

A lost autistic teenage boy trying to find the local shop was robbed by two men who promised him a lift.

Kali Fungavaka had plans to take his two young daughters to live with him in Queensland.

The mother of a Spring Hill prison guard who was killed by an inmate says she's not bitter about her son's death, despite a Coroner's criticism of Corrections.