A Nelson father critically injured his 37-year-old son when he shot him at close range at a family home in Tapawera before turning the gun on himself, police say.

As a frontline cop lay on the ground taking blow after blow to his head, unable to fight back during a vicious attack by a burglary suspect, he didn't think he would survive.

Charges have been laid against a trio who were hunting with a man when he shot a Wellington teacher at a Turangi campsite.

A 59-year-old Hastings man died after being stabbed numerous times in the chest, an autopsy has revealed.

A car found burning in the western suburbs of Dunedin may hold clues to the "gruesome" murder of an unemployed man.

A group of 12- and 13-year-olds were left bloody, bruised and shaken after the unprovoked attack.

Jo Knowsley investigates the phenomenon of knife crime in New Zealand.

Police have found a weapon believed to be involved in the death of a man whose body was found on an Otago beach yesterday.

Police are investigating the death of a man who allegedly confessed to the murder of Matthew Hall.

A week ago Ewen Macdonald was a loving father, loyal husband, respected community man - and largely unknown.