The father of a young man who was stabbed to death says knife crime law changes are unlikely to be effective in limiting access to weapons.

The man found dead on a Manukau street last night died from gunshot wounds, say police.

A man aged in his twenties died after being stabbed in the chest in Manukau City last night.

Police investigating the murder of 74-year-old Donald Alfred Stewart want to find the people who took the man's car from a ditch.

The man who snatched a handbag from a businesswoman then ran her down in a stolen vehicle has been jailed for at least 12 years.

Armed police remain on alert after a gang confrontation in Wairoa last night ended with a man being shot in the face.

The solicitor-general is to appeal the sentence imposed on Isaiah Tai for killing Bay of Plenty regional councillor Hawea Vercoe.

There is no good reason to revisit the unsolved 1970 Crewe murder case, says the man who helped Arthur Allan Thomas win a pardon.

The brother of slain Wellington man Donald Stewart says his family is "shattered and in shock" over the way he died.

Police hope to speak to Jacqueline Blackbourn's ex-partner, who is now out of an induced coma, in the next day or two.

Police have identified the body of a man found dead in his slippers in Hamilton on Sunday and are now trying to trace the movements of his car.