Police hunting the killer of Manawatu farmer Scott Guy are canvassing local farmers in the hope of uncovering information about firearm thefts.

As detectives try to find dairy farmer Scott Guy's killer, his widow is in hiding in Hawkes Bay.

A mother-of-two is being hailed a hero after saving a woman from an attack by a hammer-wielding man who then pursued the pair and rammed her car during a violent car chase.

Police hunting the killer of farmer Scott Guy are frustrated with the lack of response to calls for information about two cars seen on the morning of his death.

A police officer was punched, stomped on and smashed in the face with his radio in Hawke's Bay this afternoon.

There has been no suggestion that dairy farmer Scott Guy or his wife were followed in the weeks before his murder but investigators would be remiss not to consider the possibility, police said today.

Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, who participated in the torture and killing of Kiwi Rob Hamill's brother, Kerry, is sentenced to 35 years jail.

A former Olympian punched, strangled and repeatedly raped a woman while dragging her through a house, a jury heard today.

Police have eliminated a woman seen giving away puppies from their murder inquiry and want to hear from two motorists.

Today, a court in Cambodia will deliver its verdict on the man who ran Phnom Penh's Tuol Sleng jail.