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Shooting brings cop's memories flooding back

Slain dog saves police officers

Police dog Gage appears to have given up its life to save its handler and created some time to allow officers to escape from the scene of yesterday's shooting.

Socialite charged over underworld revenge

Sydney's real underbelly has been further rocked by the arrest of part-time model and socialite Shayda Bastani on a charge of conspiring to kill .

Manslaughter not enough - mother of jail guard

Police set to get easier access to guns

Guns could be made more accessible to police amid concerns about the growing number of officers being "ambushed".

More police to receive weapons - Broad

Police are set to get greater access to firearms after two officers were shot and wounded in Christchurch today, according to Police Commissioner Howard Broad.

Two plead guilty to Rockefeller manslaughter

No new leads in farmer's slaying

Police still looking for men involved in armed attack

NZ WWII war hero dies

Eric Batchelor, one of NZ's most highly decorated World War II soldiers, died in Waimate, on Saturday.

Feilding murder probe looks at cold case arson

Police investigating the murder of a dairy farmer in his driveway are looking into an unsolved arson at the property two years ago.

Mass killer: I'm sorry

The gunman who shot dead six people in the Raurimu massacre in 1997 has apologised publicly for the first time.

Woman killed during row at party

A woman was heard yelling, "I wasn't dating you anyway", at a party before police arrived at the function to find a woman had been murdered.

Homicide probe into woman's death

A homicide investigation is underway after the stabbing death of a woman at a party in Manurewa overnight.

<i>Paul Holmes</i>: No tears shed for city eyesore

Town mesmerised as Moat drama unfolded

"I couldn't stop myself watching," said one Rothbury resident of the Raoul Moat stand-off with police.