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Glaring red flags missed
Authorities missed many red flags before Bradley and Ellen Livingstone were killed by their father in their Dunedin home.
District councillor takes down video
A New Plymouth district councillor has taken down a video of an altercation involving roadside window washers.
St John mulls cameras after attack
St John is considering installing security cameras in its ambulances after one of its paramedics was assaulted in a staged attack.
Peter Miller and Dan Keating: We need a plan to combat violence
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.
League star 'victim of timing'
A crackdown on drunken violence in Sydney was a factor in the two-year jail sentence handed to former Warriors prop Russell Packer for an assault conviction.
Wife denies failing to help injured teen
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.
Father denies beating Burqa teen
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.
Packer's victim speaks out
"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.
Early morning ructions lead to stab arrest
A teenager has been arrested after a man was stabbed in the stomach in Central Auckland early yesterday.
Tourist beaten beyond recognition
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.
Four remain behind bars after attack
Four teenagers charged over a vicious attack on two German tourists will remain behind bars until their next court appearance.
Huge support for attacked tourists
Police have been overwhelmed by a nationwide outpouring of support for two young German campers beaten and robbed in an "appalling and mindless" attack yesterday.
Man to appear in court for assault
A 32-year-old Taupo man is to appear in the Rotorua District Court tomorrow (Friday) over a family violence incident in Waitahanui.
Man hit by beer jug remains in coma
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.
Nelson man charged after spade attack
A Nelson man has been arrested and charged with hitting another man over the head with a spade.
More sex charges against Rolf Harris
Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is facing three additional sex assault charges involving two new alleged victims, one aged "seven or eight" at the time.
Woman in court over bashed girl
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.
Black Widow case: Son had no doubt she killed her husband
When police phoned to says his stepfather was dead he knew his mum was the culprit.
Sister wants police to pay compensation
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.
Burqa teen attacked with umbrella
More details of a Muslim father's alleged reign of terror over his daughter have emerged.
Burqa teen's father arrested for abuse
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.
'Decency was repaid with gross violence'
A man has been jailed for the murder of veteran journalist Derek Round - a friend who had shown him 'kindness and decency', according to the judge.
'Culture of sex' swindling migrants
Two women jailed for killing Amandeep Singh last year were part of a local culture of females using promises of sex to swindle migrant Indian workers, a defence lawyer says.