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 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.

Fellow hunters have expressed "disgust" at the actions of a man who shot dead a woman after he mistook her for a animal.

A 31-year-old man is likely to be charged with murder or manslaughter after the death of his apartment-mate in Auckland city overnight.

A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged with assault after a man's body was found in an Auckland apartment today.

Tony Veitch was sent home from Radio Sport just one week after it was announced he would be rehired for his old job.

A young woman was shot in the head and killed - while she was brushing her teeth - by a hunter who thought she was an animal.

A group calling for a probe into the wrongful convictions of Arthur Allan Thomas described the atmosphere at the hotel where jurors were staying as a "Bacchanalian carnival".

A former police officer and MP says he was pressured to change important evidence to the Crewe Royal Commission to suit the police case.