Jan Molenaar asked police negotiators during his two-day shooting siege to let one of his childhood friends into his Napier house

A police inspector speaking at the inquest into the Napier gun seige said he believed it would end in a suicide or "suicide by police."

nzherald.co.nz's Edward Gay reports live from day two of the inquest into the Napier gun siege.

A music video depicting the stalking and killing of a woman has been removed from YouTube by its record label.

Jan Molenaar's partner has told an inquest she warned police that there would be trouble when he came home and found them searching his home.

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.