An Australian man has been arrested over the alleged murder of his multi-millionaire drinking buddy after a manhunt characterised by Keystone Cops-style blunders.

A man has been formally charged after allegedly fighting his partner for car keys on a night of drinking before driving and killing a solo mother.

The man convicted of the 2008 rape and murder of Christchurch schoolgirl Marie Davis says it could not be proved he murdered her.

A high-profile public servant acquitted of hitting his teen son was given permanent suppression of his name and occupation today.

A tetraplegic whose throat was cut as he watched TV did not agree with his killer that he wanted to die, a court has heard.

Napier police are hunting a "skinny" Maori man wearing dark pants and a blue hoodie after a dairy owner was stabbed this morning.

House of Horrors killer Jason Somerville says he killed the only person who ever loved him - and cannot understand why.

Police fear a sexual predator is stalking the streets of Auckland's premier nightlife district after attacks on two women in the early hours.

Bottled granny Mary Loader - who last year completed the Rotorua marathon - is determined to recover from the devastating effects of her injuries.

A 28-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with murder after a man was found dead in a Gisborne house this morning.