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Friends may be hiding killer

Police believe friends may be helping a man they want to question after a body was found in a pool of blood.

Homicide investigation launched after assault victim dies

Mt Eden stabbing victim identified

Police have named the man stabbed to death in a boarding house in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden early on Saturday morning.

Murder near former PM's home

A killer was last night on the loose after stabbing a man to death in a boarding house near the Mt Eden home of former prime minister Helen Clark.

Station and cop named

Man found dead in Auckland suburb

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man in his early twenties was found dead at a Mt Eden boarding lodge in the early hours of this morning.

Assault dad has punished himself enough - judge

A Rotorua man who admitted assaulting his son has walked free after a judge said he had already punished himself enough.

Six more years for Lacey brothers

It was road rage, no mistake, says horrified witness

A witness has described how an enraged driver put his foot down and "just went for it" in a road-rage incident that left a man with two smashed legs.

Murder charge

Coroner points to police failings

Womaniser jailed for wife's murder

College students in large Auckland brawl

Report: Molenaar acted unreasonably

Coroner David Crerar has agreed with police that Napier gunman Jan Molenaar's response to a police search was totally disproportionate to the seriousness of the incident.

Man jailed for robbing dying cancer victim

Bones may unlock grisly Milat mystery

The discovery of a skull in a NSW forest has revived interest in Ivan Milat and the 'backpacker murders'.

Carmen murder police track two men

Police are believed to have tracked the movements in Waikato of two men who knew Carmen Thomas - at the time that her car was abandoned in Hamilton.

Man to stand trial for McGregor murder