A student at a top Auckland school has been arrested after stabbing another teenager during a public fight organised online.

Police and the armed offenders squad will be out in force in the northern Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa tonight.

A man accused of a series of sex attacks on six young girls was released on bail to live near a kindergarten and primary school.

A judge has paid tribute to the bravery of a bar manager and a patron who foiled the armed robbery of a Christchurch bar.

More serious charges may be laid against the hunter who accidentally shot and killed teacher Rosemary Ives at a campsite last weekend.

Auckland police say they have been assured by Chinese authorities that Zhen Xiao will not face the death sentence if he is convicted of murdering Auckland taxi driver Hiren Mohini.

Duncan and Emma Woods will forever be haunted by the final moments they spent with their son, 4, before he was hit by a car on the footpath.

John Key says he's looking into Rochelle Crewe's request for an independent inquiry into her parents' murders.

One witness has told a murder trial the accused was kissing his girlfriend before he crashed into a car, and another that they were arguing.

Thomas and Leanne Papuni have waited months for the truth about the killing of their 11-year-old son Triston by a 12-year-old relative.

A man who mistook a woman at a campsite before he allegedly shot and killed her is said to be devastated and is vowing to give up guns.

A 13-year-old East Coast boy has become one of New Zealand's youngest killers after admitting a charge of manslaughter today.

Mohammad Hamid-Zadeh appeared in Auckland District Court this afternoon charged with the murder of Farasad Razani, who was found dead at the upmarket Quadrant apartments.

A man accused of murdering a woman by deliberately swerving into her car said he "might as well" kill himself, a court had been told.

Hamilton's top police officer has labelled a brutal attack on two of his staff this weekend as 'cowardly' and 'unacceptable'.

A man has admitted killing his two friends when he sped away from police and crashed into two power poles.

A man is likely to be charged with murder or manslaughter after the death of a man in one of Auckland's most upmarket apartment buildings.