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 takeaway shop owner was stabbed at least eight times for just $200 by four youths who arrived and fled on bicycles.

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

The students of Te Puke High School are receiving ongoing support after one of their peers stabbed a maths teacher during class yesterday.

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.

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.

When Anitelia Chan Kee killed Navtej Singh with a gunshot blast to the chest, he also destroyed an entire family.

Anitilea Chan-Kee will spend a minimum of 17 years in jail for the murder of Auckland liquor store owner Navtej Singh.