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.

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.

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.

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