An autopsy in Bali has established that wounds inflicted on NZ surfer Jordan Lucas's face, hands and body would have killed him.

The lawyer of a former NZ Olympian says he is pleased with two not guilty verdicts on charges of raping and assaulting his wife, but wouldn't comment on the possibility of a retrial.

A former girlfriend of murdered New Zealander Jordan Lucas says he was a generous, mellow man.

The man convicted of killing teenager Liam Ashley four years ago has been found guilty of kidnapping, threatening to kill and assault with an offensive weapon.

Police investigating the murder of a Wellington woman are looking for a man who may have spent time with the victim.

An off-duty police officer stabbed to death in his own home appears to have known his attacker but police will not comment on whether the accused killer was a relative.

Two people have been charged with assault after a man was fatally struck by a car during a street brawl in south Auckland early this morning.

A woman police constable was attacked by a motorist she pulled over for drunken driving.

Cops are being told "anything goes" when it comes to protecting themselves against dangerous and violent offenders.

Soap's plot echoes the horrifying Sophie Elliott saga, which saw a young student brutally killed by her tutor.

Notorious double murderer Graeme Burton has been caught with a knife in his prison cell - sparking a prison security investigation.