A music video depicting the stalking and killing of a woman has been removed from YouTube by its record label.

Jan Molenaar's partner has told an inquest she warned police that there would be trouble when he came home and found them searching his home.

nzherald.co.nz's Edward Gay reports live from the inquest into the Napier gun siege.

Two men held a knife to a taxi driver's throat before pushing him out of his cab and driving off - for $30 in coins.

Knives, clubs, large rocks, bottles and an axe were recovered from the scene where a man become the first person to be tasered in the South Island.

RSA victim Susan Couch's ongoing battle with successive governments for compensation is not one she should have to be fighting.

New Zealand is one of the most violent countries in the developed world, according to a new independent report.