Today, a court in Cambodia will deliver its verdict on the man who ran Phnom Penh's Tuol Sleng jail.

The family of a man shot dead by a high-powered air rifle is welcoming a policy change that will see all those with such weapons requiring a firearms licence.

The country's youngest convicted killer has been charged with assault after allegedly punching his mum on Mother's Day.

Gun killings in NZ have declined the most in an international comparison - even though it has less strict licensing laws than Canada and Australia.

Brad Chapman said he would never forgive Tonya Bennett for setting fire to his Pukekohe home knowing his mother was asleep upstairs.

Two Upper Hutt men have been charged with an assault near a Wellington service station last weekend and will appear in court on Wednesday.

An armed gang member is still at large after a fruitless police search in east Hamilton this morning.

A teenager who admitted murdering a mother-of-three by setting her house alight was today jailed for a minimum of 11 and a half years.

Police have admitted a man they gunned down pointed a stolen air rifle but never fired before they started shooting. And the man's brother says it wasn't loaded.

Police say Colin Rangi Robyn Kiriona is dangerous and should not be approached.

A dozen people have contacted police about a possible link between the murder of farmer Scott Guy and the theft of three puppies.

Bruce Emery, jailed for killing tagger Pihema Cameron, is suffering from stress and depression and can't yet be released from prison,

Police are still trying to establish if the theft of three labrador puppies is linked to owner Scott Guy's murder.

Police are investigating whether the disappearance of three puppies from a Feilding property is linked to the murder of farmer Scott Guy.