A trial hopes to solve a nine-year-old mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young US government intern.

The identity of the man accused of bludgeoning gangland murderer Carl Williams to death has been revealed.

Kimberley White remembers her stepfather Greg Meads enforcing silent meals at the family dinner table as he watched television.

Distraught family of slain Matamata mother Helen Meads say they are relieved her husband has been found guilty of her murder.

A convicted murderer who stabbed Auckland RSA triple-killer William Bell in the eye has avoided an indefinite prison sentence.

A jury took just three hours to find Waikato horse breeder Greg Meads guilty of murdering his wife, in the Hamilton High Court has this afternoon.

Were prison guards playing a game of indoor cricket when Victorian gangland hitman Carl Williams was bashed to death?

A male police officer was allegedly bitten by a drunk woman as he took her to the police station, leaving him requiring medical attention.

An attack on two firefighters was an isolated incident despite a rise in assaults on emergency workers, the Fire Service says.

The man who helped two police officers attacked in Alexandra says he is not a hero and would do it again.

A volunteer firefighter was kicked in the head by drunken party goers when emergency services went to a false report of a car crash in the Marlborough Sounds this morning, say police.

A top police officer has been injured in an apparent road rage clash.

Radio Sport is having to hire a new producer because no one wants to work with the controversial broadcaster.

A West Coast man has been acquitted of murder but found guilty of the manslaughter of his friend, following a four-day trial.

A Whanganui man was last night assaulted by two teenagers who attempted to steal his car when he took them for a drive in order to get them out of his house, say police.

A woman police constable has been bashed on the head and her partner bitten in Alexandra.

Rochelle Crewe has urged police to re-investigate the 1970 murder of her parents. Andrew Laxon examines the list of suspects.

The former wife of Arthur Allan Thomas has again urged Justice Minister Simon Power to start an inquiry into the Crewe murders.

A 32-year-old woman is in intensive care after being stabbed multiple times with a knife in Hastings this morning, police say.

An uncle of Chris and Cru Kahui today denied threatening that "somebody would get a bullet" if they talked to police about the night the baby twins suffered their fatal injuries.

The man wrongfully jailed for killing Harvey and Jeannette Crewe is backing their child's plea for police to reopen the unsolved murders.