Relatives in India are still be told of the brutal slaying of a woman in east Auckland last night.

A 47-year-old man has been charged with murder after a woman was stabbed to death in east Auckland last night.

A violent sex offender spoke openly while behind bars of wanting to hurt women and "become famous", prison officers said.

Constable Jeremy Snow called out to a man hiding behind a tree in the dark. Minutes later he lay shot on the ground, bleeding profusely from a wound in his leg.

Constable Jeremy Snow called out to a man hiding behind a tree in the dark. Minutes later the officer lay shot on the ground, a court has been told.

A British man on trial for the murder of his Scottish wife and the attempted murder of his Kiwi wife is described as 'strange'.

A woman who partially blinded a Hawke's Bay policeman after kicking him in the head and eye in July last year has been jailed for more than six and a half years.

Anonymous tipsters responding to an appeal for information on a vandalism attack have given police new leads on the murder of Feilding farmer Scott Guy and police have reiterated that information will be treated in confidence.

A sentence of home detention for a bar owner who killed a patron is a "mockery" to the family, the victim's father says.

The man accused of murdering Carmen Thomas faces 132 witness statements, 19,000 pages of evidence and CDs containing bugged phone conversations.

Going public today with images of graffiti found on murdered Manawatu farmer Scott Guy's house has led to a number of calls to police.