A man arrested after a west Auckland domestic incident which resulted in six people being taken to hospital has appeared in court.

A trial has begun for two police officers accused of punching and challenging to a fight an 18-year-old who was getting "a little bit lippy" after they were called to disperse a group of teens drinking in an Auckland park.

For eight years, a British grandmother has been living on death row in Texas.

Police hope to speak to the five victims of a frenzied knife attack today to learn what triggered the bloody assault.

A former Auckland University student will have to serve 13 years in an American jail after pleading guilty to attacking a 35-weeks pregnant woman with a Taser in the United States

Dita De Boni is horrified at the fear of a 2-year-old kicked to death after wetting himself.

When Blenheim couple Pat and Pam Heagney heard the jury verdict "guilty" in the High Court at Wellington this afternoon, they dissolved into loud sobs.

The family of Dianne Brimble has welcomed a coroner's finding.