Police have extended their manhunt for homicide suspect Patrick Young outside of Auckland and say he has connections all over the North Island.

A man has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of a five-year-old Napier girl in December. Sahara Baker-Koro was found dead in her Napier home on December 21 last year.

The man accused of murder after his wife's body was found burning on a roadside near Huntly last week has reappeared in court.

The man accused of murder after his wife's body was found burning on the roadside near Huntly is facing three charges, including one of assault in December last year.

Woman relives heroic efforts to help brutally bashed man in South Auckland.

The husband of the woman found burnt to death near Huntly last week has arrived in Auckland on a flight from Fiji, accompanied by NZ police officers. He is likely to be charged with her murder.

The woman who died after she was doused in accelerant and set alight will be farewelled at a service in Fiji today.

A frenzied attack on a couple that left a man brain-dead may have been the result of a family feud over the sale of an Auckland property.

Police investigating the murder of South Auckland woman Ranjeeta Sharma have confirmed they have interviewed a "person of interest" in Fiji.

A brutal attack which left a south Auckland man brain dead and on life support was prolonged and ferocious, say police.

Life support is expected to be turned off for a man critically injured when he and a woman were attacked with a wooden club.

A 15-year-old has been released into his parents' care after he allegedly shot dead a friend while playing with a gun.