The wife of a slain south Auckland liquor store owner is stunned five men charged with murder have been found not guilty of both murder and manslaughter.

Anitilea Chan Kee (above right) is convicted of murdering liquor store owner Navtej Singh but friends are shocked by not guilty verdicts against five others.

An officer broke down in tears as he described the seconds before the accidental fatal shooting of an innocent and "petrified" teenager.

The jury has retired to decide whether seven people are guilty of various charges in connection with the 2008 shooting of Navtej Singh.

A rape complainant will be forced to give evidence twice after the trial of her alleged attacker was aborted because the judge went on an overseas holiday.

A gang member says he knows the identity of the officer who left a confidential document at a house during a raid last year.

Police Minister talks tough after one cop goes into a coma and another had his lip bitten off.

Name suppression has lifted for the boy convicted of the murder and indecent assault of Northland teenager Liberty Templeman.

A mother of two was arrested, strip-searched and locked in a cell for a district court paperwork error.

The most unpopular features of MMP could be ditched if voters opt to keep the electoral system in the referendum on it at next year's election.