A victim of two off-duty policemen found guilty of a drunken assault is calling for justice after their bid for a discharge without conviction.

Two police officers have been found guilty of assaulting a group of students in downtown Auckland after St Patrick's Day celebrations last year.

A jury in the Whangarei trial of drug dealer Kyle Skerten has found him guilty of the manslaughter of his 15-month-old stepson, but not guilty of murder.

Sione Lauaki was today fined $800 and ordered to pay $500 for emotional harm to a man he assaulted in March because he thought the man stole his drink.

The family of an elderly man who died after he was allegedly bashed by his son, have pleaded for privacy and say they are struggling to cope.

A homicide investigation is under way after an elderly man died in hospital after allegedly being attacked by his son.

A mother-of-three has been charged over the death of a university lecturer as he cycled home from work.

Patricia Pickering held her head in her hands and wept as she told the jury who found her guilty of murdering a child: "But I didn't do it."

Caregiver Patricia Pickering slammed three-year-old Dylan Rimoni's head against an "unforgiving" surface, causing his brain to bleed and swell, the Auckland High Court heard.

51-year-old Ainsley Brent Anderson appeared in court this morning, charged with Raymond Piper's murder.

Police investigating the death of Raymond Piper, who was last seen on May 15, have arrested a 51-year-old Paraparaumu man in relation to the killing.

An Auckland woman's court-imposed driving ban for drink-driving has been overturned because she was escaping a sexual assault at the time.

Police say that as a Chinese citizen, Zhen Xiao may stand trial in his home country rather than in New Zealand.

"Count yourself lucky," Justice Warwick Gendall told Joanne Jasmine Tahuri as he sentenced her for the manslaughter of her granddaughter.

Shayne Sime was issued a gun licence just two years before he turned his weapons on Christchurch police.