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Kiwi student found guilty of US murder

A former NZ student turned Ivy League scholar who murdered his new bride will serve his prison sentence in the US.

Appeal decision baffling, say Liberty's family

Dropped charge brings P&O death saga near to end

A judge says a man was technically and morally - but not legally - responsible for the death of a woman on a cruise ship.

Man charged over rest home assaults

Name suppression for murder accused

NZ man guilty of murdering wife in US

A US jury has found a NZ doctoral student guilty of slashing his wife's throat and setting their home ablaze to destroy evidence.

Killer had to be convinced game was up

Advanced DNA tests led police to solve the nine-year-old murder case of Marie Jamieson.

Body find linked to 1982 killing

Underworld killer beaten to death

Dying grandmother told cops of attack, court hears

Children's bodies can be brought back home

Man denies using firearm during confrontation

A man denies he was the one who fired a shotgun blast at a confrontation between groups at a Christchurch park.

Intruder punched and stomped on victim, jury told

A man charged with murdering an elderly woman in her home has told a court he is guilty of her manslaughter.

Butcher denies murdering wife

Bottle attack grandmother: 'I'm not doing too bad'

A grandmother hit in the face by a bottle thrown from a car has woken from her coma and spoken for the first time.

Police spoke to man before murder-suicide

Rajesh "Eddie" Osborne was interviewed by police three days before he killed himself and his children in Australia.