Police investigating the killing of Scott Guy and the theft of three puppies have made inquiries about a dog found on an Auckland street.

Police investigating the death of Scott Guy are grateful for offers of rewards but will consider them carefully before accepting them.

Police have named a Rotorua 16-year-old who died after being stabbed on Friday.

For a wee boy, there are few places as perfect as dad's lap - but Hunter Guy, 2, lost that six weeks ago.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in relation to the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old, who was found in a Rotorua driveway late last night.

Emergency services found the 16-year-old boy in the driveway at a home on Clinkard Avenue shortly after 10pm last night.

Six weeks on from Scott Guy's murder, his widow Kylee pleaded for his killer to come forward.

A man who spent three years infiltrating Auckland's crime networks has uncovered a drug trade on a staggering scale.

One man has been convicted of murder and two others acquitted after a jury accepted they acted in self-defence in the killing of Christchurch man last year.

A woman fought for her life in a struggle where a shot was fired into the wall of her bedroom by a man who has admitted a charge of attempted murder.

The body of murdered Aucklander Carmen Thomas is believed to have been dumped in bush southeast of Auckland.

Police visited the workplace of missing escort Carmen Thomas' ex-partner while he was out of the office.

A mum on trial for the murder of her baby denies intentionally drowning the 13-month-old, saying accusations she was a murderer were "not true".

John Barlow was jailed in 1995 for the execution-style killings of Wellington father and son businessmen Eugene and Gene Thomas.