NZ Herald reporter of the year Jared Savage talks about his exclusive interview with the woman who wants the case reopened. Photos / NZH

The journalist instrumental in getting Arthur Allan Thomas pardoned for two 1970 murders doubts the case will be reopened by police.

A woman with multiple sclerosis has been found guilty of manslaughter for fatally shooting her husband in the chest.

Police Commissioner Howard Broad says he'll consider re-opening the case into the Crewe murders, but the Govt says an independent inquiry is unlikely.

Timeline of the Crewe murders.

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About 3 months after her brutal death Carmen Thomas's favourite singer performed in her memory in a moving farewell.

An aunt of Chris and Cru Kahui today denied that she "cooked up a story" with her husband to protect her sister Macsyna King about her whereabouts on the night the twins received the injuries from which they died.

The aunt of three-month-old twins Chris and Cru Kahui asked not to be filmed during an inquest into the 2006 death of the boys today because she feared for her family's safety.

A former US marine has been committed to stand trial for the murder of Kiwi-born nurse Michelle Beets in Sydney.

Police investigating the murder of Carmen Thomas were praised at her funeral service today for their passionate and caring attitude.

The mother of a man fatally stabbed in Christchurch last year hugged her son's killer as he was jailed for at least 10 years.

The mother of twins Chris and Cru Kahui did not want her brother to speak to police after their deaths, he told an inquest today.

Police Minister Judith Collins has told the Police Association she supports the idea of lock boxes for pistols in all police vehicles, after the July shooting of two officers in Christchurch.

A jury has retired for the night in the case of a woman accused of murdering her husband when she shot him dead only minutes after calling police to her house.

Chris Kahui denied hurting his three-month-old twins but wanted to hand himself into police after their deaths, an inquest hears.

Murder accused Brad Callaghan appeared in Auckland District Court this morning.

A shooting victim told her husband days before her death that she wanted to move out of their home and move on with her life, a court heard.

The man who allegedly attacked "shock jock" Iain Stables at Auckland Airport is facing assault charges.

Accused killer Walter Ciaran Marsh hated New Zealand-born nurse Michelle Beets, thought she was a bully and told his wife "one day she will be gone", a Sydney court was told today.

Chris Kahui had no answer when asked why he hadn't taken his sons to hospital when he noticed one struggling to breathe.