The Deputy Police Commissioner has dismissed the idea that police had failed in their "duty of care" toward Navtej Singh.

A High Court jury has found Christopher Shadrock guilty of murder after he struck down Joanne Wang in a Manukau carpark.

Black Power members say they want to track down the attacker of a boy, 4, so they can deal to him before police.

A judge has ruled it would be unjust to sentence a man found guilty of murdering a 14-year-old boy to the usual statutory minimum jail term of 17 years.

The prime suspect in the murder of NZ-born nurse Michelle Beets has gone public to profess his innocence.

A four-year-old was assaulted in a Whakatane park simply for wearing a red shirt, the colour associated with the Mongrel Mob.

Two men charged with assault after the death of a 23-year-old man in Hastings last night will appear in court today.

A boy who stabbed his teacher four times with a knife had been bullied by other pupils, his family say.

James Mills has pleaded guilty to the 2009 murder of Jamie Faulkner. The 29-year-old victim was killed by a single gunshot wound, suffered during an altercation between the two.

Principals say teachers need the power to search students as schools become increasingly violent.

A nurse has been struck off the register for punching a "vulnerable" elderly man in the mouth while she was working at a resthome.

As blood dripped from stab wounds inflicted by one of his students, maths teacher Steve Hose yelled at the rest of his class to get out.

After being bashed repeatedly in the head, bus driver Sudeep Singh says he was asked if he could drive his vehicle back to its depot.

A witness to the stabbing of a teacher in a BOP classroom has told how the attack unfolded. The 53-year-old victim is now resting at home.