"Someone was killed for no good reason out of the blue,'" prosecutor tells court.

Elizabeth Zhong's alleged killer still cannot be named after new Auckland court hearing.

A dozen Aussie women, probably living in fear now, won't survive the next three months.

Video showing Christchurch arrest circulates on social media. Video / Supplied

The 30-year-old is defending the charge of assault from last month.

Horrific attack: Father bludgeons baby like "how he'd punch an adult in a boxing match".

Police are investigating two violent incidents in Christchurch and Tokoroa.

The 18-year-old was remanded in custody without plea for a psychiatric report.

The mother-of-two died after she was dropped at hospital badly beaten and dehydrated.

Seven deputies placed on leave after Black man shot in back during drug-related arrest.

The former police officer was convicted of murder and manslaughter earlier this week.

"What you did... involved a gross breach of trust. It does not get much worse than this."

The woman said her former husband stabbed her as she got into her car.

Man sentenced to life imprisonment over death of Jack McAllister loses appeal.

Death of killer Dunedin doctor Venod Skantha has forced a review at correction facilities.

The mother killed her three kids amid a bitter custody dispute.

The increased focus follows reports locals feel unsafe walking through the city.

The judges went further to say they were satisfied Venod Skantha was guilty.

Her family say it is their last hope of finding out what happened to the little girl.

Olga Edwards, the mother of the teenage siblings who were murdered by their father earlier this year, has been found dead by New South Wales police at her Sydney home. Video / Sky News Australia

Following "Mindhunter", Netflix will release a doco about serial killer David Berkowitz.

Police are now treating human remains found encased in concrete in Auckland as murder.

Samuel William Davidson had his first beer at 7am. At 7.30pm he got behind the wheel.

A drunk, drugged and speeding driver who killed four kids in Sydney has been sentenced.

This comes after a rally against sexual violence in the capital last week.

There is a heavy police presence outside a Dunedin flat in North East Valley this morning, following an altercation between two flatmates. Video / Vaughan Elder / ODT

Joseph Edward Duncan of Fargo, North Dakota, died in Federal prison earlier this week aged 58. Video / AP

Police investigating after shooting in Blockhouse Bay Rd, Avondale.

"She was hit so many times she couldn't tell police even an approximate number of blows."