A man who stabbed his friend in the heart, then made a cup of tea as he bled to death, was today jailed for a minimum 11-and-a-half years.

Chris Kahui has changed his mind about why he thinks his former partner Macsyna King caused the deaths of their twin boys, a coroner's inquest heard today.

Chris Kahui said "whatever" when Macsyna King asked him to come to the hospital to see their injured sons, an inquest has been told.

Police hunting Scott Guy's killer are tracking down Facebook friends of the slain Manawatu farmer and his widow.

The mother of the Kahui twins broke down in tears at an inquest today as she conceded that her evidence about how she came into hospital "does not match" that of a nurse.

Police use of Taser electric shock guns is again under fire in Australia.

Scott Guy's sister cannot get it out of her head that in two days it will be exactly three months since he was shot just metres from his house.

Peng Cheng Tian, 26, has been found guilty in the High Court in Auckland of stabbing a fellow student to death and putting her body in a suitcase.

Macsyna King showed strong emotion as she gave evidence at the Coroner's Inquiry into the deaths of Chris and Cru Kahui today at the District Court in Auckland.

A woman called police to say her husband attacked her and then minutes later killed him with a shotgun blast, a court heard yesterday.

A woman charged with murdering her husband in west Auckland said she feared for her own safety and she'd "had enough" after he allegedly tried to throttle her, a jury has been told.