Armed police and a dog were used to capture a man who doused himself with fuel and threatened to set himself alight after he allegedly assaulted another man.

An officer assaulted on the job was off work for more than two months because of the injuries he received.

A man who escaped from a New Zealand prison nearly 12 years ago has been arrested by British police for the murder of his gay lover.

When Rex Hawkins retired as a detective in 1990, a troubling loose end stuck in his mind - but that was resolved when Menzies Hallett was found guilty of murder.

British police are continuing an international hunt for a man with New Zealand connections, wanted in relation to the killing of his flatmate.

Residents of the isolated Pureora Forest Park believe the person who killed Hamilton roadworker George Taiaroa may have camped out in the bush near their homes.

A pensioner facing trial over the murder of a service station worker 33 years ago told his former flatmate he had killed a man.

The ex-wife of a man accused of a 30-year-old murder told court he reached "flashpoint" when he was refused oil by the service station worker he allegedly gunned down.

Men said they felt boxed in by the pressure to be strong, and not just from other men, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Kerre McIvor says it might be a really good idea for our government to sort out a way for the community to be alerted to the criminal expats walking among us.

People on Kerre McIvor's talkback show this week wanted to know why Jeremy McLaughlin's previous conviction for manslaughter was not able to be presented in court.

The detective who worked on Christie Marceau's death knew the teen before she was killed. Detective Sergeant James Watson has spoken for the first time in a new book about the infamous case.

Jurors hearing the trial against a pensioner accused of murdering a service station worker in 1979 have been dismissed until Monday.

In his final moments, Rodney Tahu shouted for help and ran across a darkened service station forecourt as a stranger took aim at him with a .22 revolver.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering a service station worker in 1979 will need to decide whether the killing was murder or manslaughter.

The trial of a man accused of gunning down a Turangi service station attendant more than 30 years ago has been adjourned until tomorrow because of a lack of jurors.

A man accused of killing a Turangi service station attendant more than 30 years ago has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder.

More than 30 years after Rodney Tahu was gunned down outside a Turangi service station, a man will today go on trial for his murder.

Police yesterday descended on a rural Rotorua property as part of the investigation into the murder of roadworker George Taiaroa a month ago today.

The last person sent to prison for the killing of pizza delivery man Michael Choy is about to be released - after breaking prison rules and becoming listed as a prison drug user.