Young Waikato rugby player avoids conviction after slapping baby
The promising young rugby player has been granted a discharge without conviction.
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'Senseless acts of violence' appear on the rise in Christchurch.
Northland teen accused of murder elects to give evidence
Threat and abusive behaviour before man stabbed, a Northland jury has heard.
Sisters appear in court charged in connection with Te Puna boy's death
Malachi was found with injuries at a Te Puna property and died 12 days later.
Kiwi mum killed in Australia lost her grandmother days before she died
Family members gathered at her side as life support was switched off.
Donations pour in for Missouri man freed after 43 years
Millions raised for man who had his triple killing conviction overturned after 43 years.
Gang link to serious fire at Auckland house, police suspect arson
Gang-related offending continues to escalate in Auckland, this time with serious arson.
DNA breakthrough: Police flooded with tips in murder cold case
Detectives are working through new leads following news of killer's DNA discovery.
Gang members assault Chinese tourists for speaking their own language
Men attacked group at thermal pools because they were speaking a different language.
Shocking video: Bizarre law lets man kill woman's ex-husband
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Glen Eden gang stoush: Handguns, machetes in Head Hunter, Comancheros confrontation
Handguns and machetes were used in a fight between the Comancheros and Head Hunters gangs.
Locked up for life: UK moves to mandatory sentences for cop killers, slain officers mum calls for NZ to follow
Constable Matthew Hunt's mother begs lawmakers to lock cop killers up for life.
Watch: Man's insane reverse getaway from attack in Sydney
Police release footage of one Aussie's incredible driving skills to get away from attack.
Police yet to formally identify man at the centre of Takanini homicide investigation
Police urge anyone with information about the young man's death to urgently come forward.
'Everything went haywire': Top detective reveals career-ending diagnosis
Why Detective Inspector Mark Loper has been forced to bow out early from his career.
Police looking for man after random early morning attack on woman
Woman punched in face with "extreme force" after answering stranger's knock on the door.
Second woman arrested as police investigate death of woman in Dunedin
A 47-year-old woman has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder.
Mosque terror: Backpack 'bomb', fears of a second gunman; police praised amid chaos
Shocking new details in US expert's report on March 15, 2019 response.
Woman assaulted, killed, house set on fire: Police chase new leads
Tirau woman Roma Joseph was seriously assaulted and died four years ago.
Police guard scene of New Lynn shooting
Police stand guard at the scene of a shooting in New Lynn, West Auckland, that occurred in the early hours of Monday morning. Video / Dean Purcell
Confronting 'our role as perpetrators': Austria unveils Holocaust memorial
"We looked away for too long, until we became aware of our role as perpetrators."
Auckland shooting: Fourth man arrested over New Lynn homicide
The man is due to appear in the Rotorua District Court tomorrow.
'A bad feeling': Flatmate of Grace Millane's killer speaks out
She also recalled the moment she was told her flatmate had murdered Grace Millane.
'Evil roaming': Texas trial set for man charged in 18 deaths
Years after Leah Corken's death, one detail after another haunted her daughter.
Oscar Pistorius sent distressing letter to victim's family in parole bid
Oscar Pistorius has written a "distressing" letter to Reeva Steenkamp's parents.
Scene of Blockhouse Bay shooting
Police found an injured man in the driveway of a property in Blockhouse Bay. Video / Supplied
Connor Whitehead killing: Second man charged with murder appears in court
The 16-year-old Whitehead was an innocent bystander at a Christchurch party.
Man charged with murder of Connor Whitehead
Connor Whitehead died from gunshot wounds after attending a birthday party on Friday.
'They just shot that guy': Motel cleaner's shock at being 'two metres' from fatal shooting
New Lynn motel staff saw a car pull up and heard a bang, before a man's body was found.
Focus: Homicide investigation launched after West Auckland police incident
Armed police swarm a property in Green Bay, following an earlier homicide near the New Haven Motel, New Lynn. Video / Michael Craig
Napier mum who murdered terminally ill daughter spared life sentence
Cherylene Lawrence, 49, sentenced to six and a half years for the murder of her daughter.
Arapera Fia's father posts emotional tribute as police investigate her death
Tributes are flowing for a little girl who died of non-accidental injuries
Fatal fire: Murder-accused can be named
More than one year after fatal fire, murder-accused Sean Andrew Hayde loses suppression.
Watch: 'She was my friend' - Alec Baldwin speaks in tense stand-off involving wife, photographers
Alec Baldwin has confronted paparazzi and broken his silence over the on-set shooting.