A Northland police officer has been hit over the head with his own baton after being called out to deal with a drunken fight.

Two boys aged 14 and 16 have been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was attacked with a knife and a machete.

The widow of slain Auckland taxi driver Hiren Mohini wants to ask her husband's murderer, 'why?'.

A Kiwi mum who witnessed her husband's murder at the hands of "greedy" family members in India says she is still traumatised.

This is the face of the latest New Zealand child to die as a result of alleged abuse. Five-year-old Sahara Jayde Baker-Koro was found dead in her bed in Napier early on Tuesday.

A girl, 9, allegedly tortured and abused by her parents will spend Christmas with a new foster family.

A man accused of attacking a police officer was in 2005 being hailed as a success story in a school bullying project.

A nine-year-old with horrific injuries never wants to see her parents again, a court has heard.

The mother of a girl, 5, found dead in her bed after an alleged assault was trying to escape violence in her life.

New claims emerged last night that the nine-year-old girl allegedly tortured by her parents was also sexually abused while in Child Youth and Family care.

A man has been remanded in custody after he appeared in court charged with assault over the death of a girl, 5, in Napier.

A road policing boss says police did not breach policy by continuing a pursuit during which an innocent Auckland was shot dead.

A woman has been shot in the leg in the fourth shooting incident on the Gold Coast this month.

Blood-soaked carpet and household items have been removed from the home of an Auckland couple found dead after the woman's 14-year-old sister called 111.