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.

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.

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

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 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.

One of NZ's top international models has suffered a potentially career-ending broken nose.

A canvas grid hidden in dense bush marks the spot from which police removed the dismembered remains of Carmen Thomas last night. Officers who recovered her body are being offered trauma counselling.

The remains of Carmen Thomas have been removed from a crude grave in dense bush in the Waitakere Ranges.