Three people killed in an apparent murder-suicide near Feilding may have lain dead for more than two days before being found.

The family of missing woman Carmen Thomas says innocent lives may be at stake as long as her killer is free.

A farmhouse in Feilding has been cordoned off and a scene examination would be carried out over the coming days.

A mother has been found guilty of the manslaughter of her 13-month-old baby son after she left him in a deep bath for at least 15 minutes and he toppled over and drowned.

Police are continuing to investigate the deaths of two men and a woman whose bodies were found in a house on the outskirts of Feilding today.

A Wellington hotel receptionist confronted by a gunman today punched the man and then fled to an apartment across the road for help.

Police investigating the killing of Scott Guy and the theft of three puppies have made inquiries about a dog found on an Auckland street.

Police investigating the death of Scott Guy are grateful for offers of rewards but will consider them carefully before accepting them.

Police have named a Rotorua 16-year-old who died after being stabbed on Friday.

Days away from release, convicted double murderer John Barlow has spoken out of his fight to clear his name.

The final moments of a slain Rotorua 16-year-old's life ebbed away before the eyes of the passer-by who tried to save him.

For a wee boy, there are few places as perfect as dad's lap - but Hunter Guy, 2, lost that six weeks ago.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in relation to the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old, who was found in a Rotorua driveway late last night.

Emergency services found the 16-year-old boy in the driveway at a home on Clinkard Avenue shortly after 10pm last night.

Six weeks on from Scott Guy's murder, his widow Kylee pleaded for his killer to come forward.

A man who spent three years infiltrating Auckland's crime networks has uncovered a drug trade on a staggering scale.

One man has been convicted of murder and two others acquitted after a jury accepted they acted in self-defence in the killing of Christchurch man last year.

Living a life ruined by a gunman is horrible, with the mornings worst of all, Kylee Guy told media.