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.

Former All Black Robin Brooke is facing legal threats over allegations he assaulted a teenager in Fiji, amid revelations that another rugby star was with him at the luxury resort.

A man forced his partner to repeatedly punch his face in a bid to get her locked up for assault, a court was told today.

Police have named the Kaikohe woman who died after what police allege was a domestic violence attack.

A homicide inquiry has been launched after a Kaikohe woman died following what police allege was a domestic violence attack.

The parents of a police officer shot three times have moved in with him and his flatmates to aid his recovery.

The identity of the man accused of shooting a police officer in Papatoetoe will remain a secret until at least tomorrow.