People in the quiet seaside town of Opunake always wondered how a "lovely, kind and beautiful...

The man shot dead by police yesterday had just got out of jail for trying to cut the throat of the woman he held hostage.

Nicki Minaj was struck in the face during an argument at a hotel.

Hulk Hogan insists he "never laid a hand" on his ex-wife following her domestic abuse claims.

"There is always a solution to every human problem - neat, plausible and wrong," wrote H.L. Mencken.

Child abuse complaints have more than tripled in Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo in the past five years.

Police are hunting a 50-year-old Dunedin man after he fired a shotgun during a domestic incident in Central Otago.

A shake-up of the Family Court could end counselling and mediation services...

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 man has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of a five-year-old Napier girl in December. Sahara Baker-Koro was found dead in her Napier home on December 21 last year.

The family of a girl, 5, found dead last month had to be restrained when the man accused of sexually violating her appeared in court today.