Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man in his early twenties was found dead at a Mt Eden boarding lodge in the early hours of this morning.

A Rotorua man who admitted assaulting his son has walked free after a judge said he had already punished himself enough.

A witness has described how an enraged driver put his foot down and "just went for it" in a road-rage incident that left a man with two smashed legs.

Coroner David Crerar has agreed with police that Napier gunman Jan Molenaar's response to a police search was totally disproportionate to the seriousness of the incident.

The discovery of a skull in a NSW forest has revived interest in Ivan Milat and the 'backpacker murders'.

Police are believed to have tracked the movements in Waikato of two men who knew Carmen Thomas - at the time that her car was abandoned in Hamilton.

Lewd allegations about the private life of the spy found murdered in London have been dismissed by police.

The fatal shooting of Beverley Lawrie's police officer son Don Wilkinson has left her feeling vengeful, and at times wanting his killers dead.

The man who murdered undercover police officer Sgt Don Wilkinson has been jailed for at least 15 years. Iain Clegg was jailed for a minimum of four years for manslaughter.

The sister of murdered mum Carmen Thomas has broken her silence as new information emerges about the police inquiry.