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DNA clue sought in hunt for beer bottle offenders
Police say a beer bottle flung at a Bay of Plenty grandmother's face may provide them with DNA traces of the offenders.
NZ murder accused 'wishes he was dead'
The NZ student accused of murdering his wife in the US has said he dreamed of being "reunited" with her.
'I shouldn't have moved kids to Oz'
The distraught mother of three children shot dead by their father in Melbourne says she wishes she had never taken her children to Australia.
Murder probe launched after Mt Roskill incident
A murder investigation has been launched into the death of a man after an attack at an Auckland house this afternoon.
Hit-and-run accused had 'no intention' of harming victim - lawyer
The lawyer representing the man accused of a hit-and-run murder says he intended only to steal the victim's bag.
Beer bottle victim emerging from coma
A 65-year-old woman is emerging from a coma after having a beer bottle thrown at her head from a passing car at the weekend.
NZ student planned wife's murder two days earlier - tape
A NZ doctoral student on trial in the US for murdering his wife told a psychiatrist he thought of the plan to kill her two days before the murder.
Businesswoman run down chasing thief, court told
A businesswoman was run down and killed after she chased a thief who allegedly snatched her handbag, a court has heard.
Triple killing: family want children in NZ
The grieving family of three children killed by their father in Melbourne are fighting to have their bodies returned to NZ.
Prosecutor seeks to appeal Liberty killer's sentence
The Solicitor General is considering a request from Whangarei's crown prosecutor to appeal the sentence given to murdered schoolgirl Liberty Templeman's teen killer.
Triple Aussie killer dad lived in NZ - report
A 37-year-old man, who shot dead his three children in Melbourne, lived in NZ for five years earlier this decade before moving to Victoria.
$100,000 reward in historic murder case
Australian police are offering a reward for information on a New Zealand woman who disappeared in Sydney 30 years ago.
New leads in Bentley murder case
A top international criminal profiler has thrown new light on the Kirsty Bentley murder case.