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.

A teenager charged with assault following the death of a man during a street brawl in south Auckland has appeared briefly in court.

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.

The two surviving daughters of multiple-infant killer Dominique Cottrez describe her as a doting mother who selflessly devoted herself to her family.

A neighbour heard death threats coming from a Wellington council flat where a woman was brutally murdered.

Veronique Courjault was convicted last year of murdering three of her newborn children. Her husband discovered two of the corpses in a freezer.

Police say Allison McPhee, 42, whose body was found in a Wellington flat on Wednesday, died a violent death.

The killer of a 3-year-old boy continued to protest her innocence today as she began a life sentence for his murder.