Neshanderan Rajgopaul, 29, has been found guilty of attempting to murder Constable Jeremy Snow in Papatoetoe in December, 2009.

A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a man accused of shooting an Auckland police officer.

A man accused of shooting an Auckland police officer admitted he lied to police, a jury was told today.

Man accused of abusing daughter found living in house with children present

A man accused of shooting an Auckland police officer was emboldened by the guns he carried and fuelled by drugs, a jury was told today.

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.

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.