A man has admitted killing his two friends when he sped away from police and crashed into two power poles.

A man is likely to be charged with murder or manslaughter after the death of a man in one of Auckland's most upmarket apartment buildings.

Fellow hunters have expressed "disgust" at the actions of a man who shot dead a woman after he mistook her for a animal.

A 31-year-old man is likely to be charged with murder or manslaughter after the death of his apartment-mate in Auckland city overnight.

A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged with assault after a man's body was found in an Auckland apartment today.

The principal of a tiny school in the Hutt Valley faces the heart-breaking task of telling pupils a popular teacher was shot dead at the weekend by a hunter stalking deer at night.

A young woman was shot in the head and killed - while she was brushing her teeth - by a hunter who thought she was an animal.

A group calling for a probe into the wrongful convictions of Arthur Allan Thomas described the atmosphere at the hotel where jurors were staying as a "Bacchanalian carnival".

A former police officer and MP says he was pressured to change important evidence to the Crewe Royal Commission to suit the police case.

A schizophrenic man who beat a friend to death after being released from psychiatric care - despite telling staff he wanted to kill someone - is allowed back into the community without supervision.

Rochelle Crewe fears a police refusal to open a new inquiry into the unsolved murder of her parents is a "continuation of police seeking to avoid the truth".

Arthur Allan Thomas - wrongfully imprisoned for the Crewe murders - says he expects a police reassessment of the case to be a cover-up.

The man wrongfully convicted of the Crewe murders has welcomed news police will review the case, but is not expecting much to come from it.

Police will review the Crewe murders in a bid to answer questions raised by Rochelle Crewe - who killed her parents?

The mother of a man killed by a driver trying to escape a brawl says his death has left an unseen hole in her heart.

A man who drove into the path of a freight train killing his son and injuring two of his daughters and a niece was today jailed for three years.

Greg Meads enjoyed his final months of freedom in a plush beachfront home with another woman before being convicted of murder.