There is extra security at Gisborne Hospital following a gang brawl between Black Power and the Mongrel Mob last night.

The widow of Feilding farmer Scott Guy, whose murder remains unsolved five months on, has issued a heartfelt plea for her husband's killer to come forward as the family faces its first Christmas without a husband and dad.

A 9-year-old girl found by police hiding in a wardrobe had suffered so much abuse that almost every part of her body was covered in injuries, including part of her scalp torn off her head as she was dragged down the hallway.

A 55-year-old woman had just beaten the cancer she had battled for 10 years when a teen, nearly five times over the youth drink driving limit, crossed the centre line and smashed into her car. He was jailed today.

Police in Long Island, New York fear they may have a serial killer on their hands.

West Coast butcher Peter Lamont will spend a minimum of 14-and-a-half years behind bars after being imprisoned for life for murdering his wife Lindsay in their Ikamatua home last year.

The site where Mellory Manning was probably attacked was a gang 'pad' at the time of her murder, police say.

A man today admitted wounding two officers and killing a police dog during a confrontation in Christchurch in July, but denied charges of attempted murder.

Police officer Bruce Mellor, who was viciously attacked with a machete at the weekend, is steadily improving.

At first glance Karyn Dumper thought the shotgun pointed at her husband was nothing more than a toy. Then the shots rang out.

A police officer found guilty of assault has returned to court in another case to say he did not kick a man.

David Bourke was today jailed for shooting dead his brother.

Two police officers have been found guilty of assaulting a teenager.