Armed police have arrested the third man they had been hunting in connection with the slaying of a man whose body was found in in New Plymouth.

In the United Kingdom, calls are growing by opposition politicians and the public that the full report of the review of the case of two brothers who savagely attacked a pair of boys in Edlington, South Yorkshire, should be made public.

Police have identified the man who was apparently killed and his body dumped in a New Plymouth garage.

A proposed three strikes law would have done nothing to prevent some of New Zealand's most notorious killings, critics say.

Diane Elizabeth White died of head injuries after she was allegedly attacked by her neighbour on a suburban Hamilton street.

Judith Collins has criticised the prison guards' union for suggesting the Government's 'three-strike' policy would put guards at risk.

Neighbours of a murdered Hamilton woman say authorities knew of tensions between her and her alleged killer, and should have acted sooner.

The handling of a 111 emergency call made to police shortly before a woman was found dead in her home is being referred to the Independent Police Complaints Authority.

A woman twice called a mental health centre for help when one of its patients came to her home, before the patient returned with blood on her face.

Lawyers for a former All Black lock, who is facing accusations from a teenage girl of sexual assault, say he is distressed by the situation but can't comment until an investigation is over.

Preventive detention will be retained as a sentencing option for judges under the Government's proposed "three strikes" legislation, Police Minister Judith Collins said today.

Offenders with a record will have "nothing to lose" and could be more likely to kill under the three-strikes law, a prisoners' advocate says.

"I am still in Sobibor 67 years on," the trembling man told Court 101. "I still have nightmares about the place.

National and Act have agreed to pass a three-strikes law under which some killers will be locked away in prison without any chance of release.