The man found dead in an Auckland home yesterday was a 19-year-old from Whanganui.

A 25 year-old woman is in custody after the death of a 67 year-old man in a "tragic" family dispute, police say.

Three other people were transported to Wellington Hospital by ambulance, while one person was assisting police with inquiries and the scene.

A convicted murderer has been transferred out of Whanganui Prison after assaulting two prison officers.

Peter Lawrence Clague is on trial at Auckland District Court charged with male assaults female.

A Kiwi principal at the helm of one of a prestigious English school has flown home to defend a domestic violence charge laid by his ex-partner.

Others stood by while a young woman was being strangled and punched in her car, but five Auckland men took action.

A 27-year-old man has been granted interim name suppression after he appeared before the court over the death of a two-year-old Hawera girl.

After half a day deliberating, the jury in the Arun Kumar trial has retired for the night.

The brother of slain North Shore woman Cissy Chen says his family is hurting at not being able to bring his sister the justice they feel she deserves.

A jury will today consider the guilt of two boys allegedly involved in the death of a west Auckland shopkeeper.

The man suspected of massacring nine people in an historic African American church in South Carolina had been planning an attack for six months and wanted to spark a civil war, says his roommate.

Clementa Pinckney was busy on Thursday, not unusual for a man who was both a respected pastor and state senator in his native South Carolina.

Two years ago President Barack Obama predicted that when it came to averting mass shootings through gun control, "sooner or later, we are going to get this right".

A boy who stabbed a west Auckland shopkeeper to death was retreating and trying to defend himself at the time, his lawyer says.

A Christchurch man has today denied killing his 5-year-old autistic step-son.

In an exclusive interview with the NZME.News Service, the man cleared of murdering Cissy Chen says he remained calm during the trial through constant prayer.

A piece of paper was found by police officers in the couple’s Torbay home weeks after the investigation began.

The morning Cissy Chen went missing she allegedly told a close friend that if she died her partner of eight years would be the killer.

Cissy Chen's brother says the jury's decision to find her partner not guilty of her murder is "very unfair" to his sister.

The older brother of a 14-year-old boy accused of murder has told the court how his little brother took synthetic drugs and lived in a drug house.

Domestic violence charges against Chinese millionaire Donghua Liu have been dropped.

The oldest of two young boys accused of killing dairy owner Arun Kumar will not testify for his own defence.

A man who was allegedly chased away by neighbours has been charged after a 73-year-old woman was assaulted in her Auckland home.

A jury has been told the circumstantial Crown case over the murder of Cissy Chen relies on “reasoning by inference” but was warned by a judge to avoid speculation.

A man has suffered serious head injuries after an assault on Sunday evening.

The lawyer for Cissy Chen's partner said the case against his client was "100-per-cent circumstantial" and argued the pair had a loving relationship.

Any alternative explanations to Cissy Chen's partner deliberately killing her are "fanciful", the Crown has said while closing its case.