A manhunt has been launched and two men are seriously injured after a stabbing at the Unitec campus in the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert this afternoon.

A man who denies shooting a police officer was accused of "weaving lies" into his story in the High court at Auckland today.

A man who has denied shooting a police officer told the High Court at Auckland today he was pushed to the ground by the gunman before the shots were fired.

A man who has denied shooting a police officer today admitted in the High Court at Auckland he lied in an interview to protect the gunman.

Two police officers have been accused of beating a young autistic man who became "the face of looting".

"You did a monstrous thing, but I do not think you are a monster," a High Court Judge told the killer of a two-year-old boy today as he sentenced him to a life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years today.

A Whanganui man was today jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years for kicking to death his partner's two-year-old son.

Witnesses who gave evidence against a man accused of shooting a police officer lied to cover up for what really happened, the High Court in Auckland was told today.

A man denied that he shot a police officer, but refused to name the gunman for fear of his own safety, the High Court has been told.

Kiwis rugby league superstar Benji Marshall is being investigated by police after an alleged assault in Sydney.

A Far North man has been charged with murder following the discovery of an Auckland man's body near a popular hiking track in Northland.

Dr. Conrad Murray’s manslaughter trial over the death of Michael Jackson has been postponed.