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.

A man who strangled his Thai sex worker girlfriend was today sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 11 years.

One person has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after an assault in Auckland City.

The American stepmother of a disabled girl from Australia has been charged with murder.

A man accused of murdering a Tauranga mother, who died trying to save her daughter, can now be named after a court imposed suppression order lapsed.

A witness testifying in the trial of a man accused of trying to kill a police officer said the defendant also opened fire on him while the officer screamed in agony nearby.

Police in Rotorua are looking for a gun used to shoot a man in the face this morning after what is thought to have been an argument with another man.

A 41-year-old man has been charged with murder after the death of a 59-year-old woman who was killed while trying to protect her daughter early yesterday morning.

A man shot during an armed confrontation on an Auckland motorway early in 2009 says he's been made to feel like a witness rather than a victim.

A 59-year-old woman was killed yesterday while trying to protect her daughter from a flash of violence that also left two others injured.