Members of the public wept in court today upon hearing a 3-year-old had over 80 marks or wounds when she died.

The man police accuse of murdering two people at a multi-million dollar Auckland mansion last month says he acted in self defence and "emphatically denies" murder charges, his lawyer says.

Three Dunedin police officers were injured in an attack last night, the second such incident in 24 hours.

A "cowardly" man who attacked a Dunedin police officer - leaving him with concussion, bleeding to the face and bruising - is still at large. The officer was set upon by a passenger who was travelling in a car he stopped late last night.

A man who allegedly beat his stepmother's brother so badly he died following a clash at a South Auckland property has appeared in court to face a murder charge.

A man found guilty of murdering his elderly neighbour has avoided a term of life imprisonment due to a 'serious psychotic illness.'

A Christchurch man accused of murdering a 21-year-old mother appeared in court today.

A traditional Thai funeral was held for the man that died after a savage beating last week.

A drug addict and alcoholic who broke into the Christchurch home of a 62-year-old widow and bashed her to death in her bed for a couple of hundred dollars was jailed for life today.

Rosemary Ives had everything to live for, but she was shot dead while brushing her teeth at a camping ground.

A Hamilton hunter who shot and killed a Lower Hutt teacher while spotlighting last Labour weekend has been sentenced to two-and-a-half-years jail for manslaughter today. He was also ordered to pay reparation to a charity chosen by the

A man accused of murdering his first wife, plotting to kill his second NZ wife and planning to marry a third to get insurance payouts will stand trial today.

The man accused of sexually violating and killing a five-year-old Napier girl has been further remanded in custody.