A jury in the Whangarei trial of drug dealer Kyle Skerten has found him guilty of the manslaughter of his 15-month-old stepson, but not guilty of murder.

A 15-month-old boy could have suffered fatal head injuries after using his mattress to bounce out of his cot, a murder trial has been told.

A toddler who died after receiving a serious head injury had a skull which looked like "smashed glass", a court has heard.

Staff at Kerikeri High School fear students' mid-year exams and assignments may have been lost in a suspicious fire.

The Solicitor General is considering a request from Whangarei's crown prosecutor to appeal the sentence given to murdered schoolgirl Liberty Templeman's teen killer.

The last moments of Liberty Templeman's life may never be known, as her killer has never told the truth, his sentencing judge has said.

The teenager who killed schoolgirl Liberty Templeman will serve a minimum of 11 and a half years.

A video the 16-year-old murderer of Kerikeri teenager Liberty Templeman posted on the internet has attracted dozens of furious comments.

The teenager who was yesterday unmasked as Liberty Templeman's murderer has received death threats on the internet.

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

A youth accused of the slaying of Liberty Templeman, 15, today began giving evidence in his own defence at the High Court in Whangarei.

The distraught parents of a slain schoolgirl fled the courtroom as a jury watched video footage of police interviews.

ESR scientists believe blood found on items belonging to the accused boy belonged to murdered teen Liberty Templeman.

More details of the final movements of slain schoolgirl Liberty Templeman have emerged at the trial of the teenager accused of killing her.

The jury at the trial of the teenager accused of murdering Liberty Templeman has just left the scene where her body was found.