The Government's "it's not okay" campaign may be axed to free up funding for the new Whanau Ora programme.

The 55-year-old actor, accompanied by lawyer Blair Berk, visited the police station at El Segundo on Wednesday, where he was booked on a misdemeanour battery charge against his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.

The man accused of sexually violating and killing a five-year-old Napier girl has been further remanded in custody.

A woman who was allegedly violently assaulted by her partner attacked police officers who came to help her in Hamilton this morning, allowing her partner to get away.

A 17-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a 1-year-old child and stabbing a 26-year-old woman with a fork.

The mother of a girl, 5, found dead in her bed after an alleged assault was trying to escape violence in her life.

The Auckland couple found dead in their home after a panicked 14-year-old girl called 111 to tell police about a serious domestic argument have been named, and police have revealed they died from knife wounds.

An Auckland couple were found dead in their home after a panicked 14-year-old called 111.

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