Police have found a man wanted in relation to an execution-style killing of a man in southeast Auckland.

Three teenagers have been arrested over the murder of 74-year-old Donald Alfred Stewart in Hamilton last month.

As armed police continue their manhunt for accused killer Raoul Moat, life goes on in rural Rothbury.

TVNZ has received a formal complaint about a documentary that reveals inconsistencies in the testimony of a witness in the David Bain retrial.

A shopkeeper was hit on the head with a hammer and had her wrists and ankles bound with lavalavas before a teenager stole money from her till.

The NZ man jailed in the US, who kept his girlfriend's body on ice for a year, says being home in Queenstown is "like Mars".

A teenager who fired a shot during the robbery of a Christchurch tavern yesterday is bearing the injuries of a struggle with patrons.

'If I was to make an appeal I would say he would be better dead,' said the mother of armed fugitive Raoul Moat, wanted for two killings in the UK.

A juror on the Bain murder retrial who was convicted of theft is the subject of a complaint to the solicitor-general.

David Bain supporters' challenge for a live, public debate has been accepted by a documentary maker - but only if Mr Bain shows up.

Police have released the name of a man wanted in connection with the execution-style killing of Keith Kahi on Sunday night.

The father of a young man who was stabbed to death says knife crime law changes are unlikely to be effective in limiting access to weapons.