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

A 45-year-old man has been arrested after a bloody stabbing incident in a west Auckland house last night.

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.

A Whanganui High Court jury has found Rikki Ngatai-Check, who kicked two-year-old Karl Perigo-Check to death, guilty of murder.

The hunter who fatally shot Rosemary Ives made his first public statement with tears in his eyes.

Simon Power has turned down calls for an independent inquiry into a 40-year-old murder mystery.