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.

A New Zealander who will stand trial in the US this week accused of the brutal murder of his new bride will try to convince a jury he was suffering a mental disorder.

Three teenage boys were arrested last night in relation to a pack attack which left two police officers seriously injured.

Convicted double-murderer David Tamihere - who killed two Swedish tourists in 1990 - has had his first proper taste of freedom in 21 years.

A 27-year-old Tongan man made a brief appearance in North Shore District Court this morning accused of attacking a toddler.

A 53-year-old woman was stabbed to death at a house in the upmarket Auckland suburb of Remuera last night.

People who travel overseas to have sex with children will face a "strike" towards life imprisonment under new proposals that widen the net of the three strikes bill.

A 28-year-old woman has admitted spitting into a police officer's mouth and kicking two officers in the groin.

Police have charged a man with assault as a 2-year-old girl fights for her life in hospital.