The man killed in a fire on his South Auckland farm was the husband of district court judge Jane Lovell-Smith.

Many young Pacific offenders in South Auckland are "chameleons" who attend church after committing a crime

Tony Worrell hit Katie Powles' car at about 85km per hour, with no evidence that he tried to avoid a collision.

A man accused of deliberately driving his car into two other vehicles, killing a woman, said "he was going to f*** someone up", the High Court hears.

A man accused of deliberately driving his car into other vehicles - killing a young woman - seemed to be "really drunk" that night, a petrol station worker told a court today.

Police and Maori Wardens are patrolling the streets as a teenager appears in court charged in relation to a sex attack.

The man accused of deliberately causing a fatal crash was found at the scene with a bottle of beer between his legs, a court hears.

Report says police won't say if a man arrested today for an attack on a woman is connected to earlier sex attacks.

Prosecutor describes dangerous driving immediately before fatal crash.

Police are hunting a "brazen" serial sex offender believed to have attacked two young girls and a woman in the past two months.

Police were last night questioning a man about a string of sex attacks on females ranging in age from eight to 28.