Sydney police now believe the murder of New Zealand-born nurse Michelle Beets as she arrived home last week was planned and that robbery was not the motive.

A teenager needed two rows of stitches and a steel plate to repair his shattered jaw after being beaten over the colour of his T-shirt.

The mother of three NZ children shot dead by their father broke her silence as they were laid to rest at their ancestral marae.

Police investigating the murder of the Kahui twins showed "errors of judgment" but a lawyer acting for father Chris said she did not want to "put the boot in."

Clues at a toilet block near slain nurse Michelle Beets' home have opened up a new line of investigation.

A man originally charged with dangerous driving over a fatal crash on Auckland's North Shore has now been charged with manslaughter.

Police investigating the murder of the Kahui twins showed "errors of judgment" and did not properly record evidence to the standard expected, a police watchdog says.

Two women have been jailed after they forced an 82-year-old to drive around in her own car and used her bank card to get cash.

Two armed offenders detained security guards and held customers at gunpoint while they robbed an ASB Bank branch in Auckland.

Australian police have dismissed speculation that a mentally ill patient may have murdered New Zealand-born nurse Michelle Beets.

Police are hunting a man who they say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old Napier girl as she slept in her bed late last night.

A NZ-born nurse ambushed and killed on the veranda of her home in an upmarket Sydney suburb was possibly the victim of a man who preyed on her.

The only man ever to admit involvement in the assassination of Malcolm X was freed, 45 years after he helped gun down the civil rights leader.

The family of an up-and-coming Maori leader killed in a pub assault are astonished that his attacker has been bailed to live with his family.

Michelle Beets, who worked in a Sydney hospital's A&E, was found on the patio of her home after neighbours reported screaming.

The partner of a gang member accused of beating her was declared a hostile witness after refusing to repeat her complaint in court.

Actor Rob Mokaraka has pleaded guilty to two charges of threatening to kill an officer and two charges of assaulting an officer.

The man charged with killing a Whakatane school principal has pleaded guilty to manslaughter today.