Crime

A Wellington man says an assailant who repeatedly stabbed his mother had empty eyes: "It was like there was nothing there."

New research identifies a surge in fake online shops scamming Kiwis out of pocket in the lead-up to Christmas.

The gunman shot Brian Thompson outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan before fleeing through the city.

The judge said William Stephen Easton's offending spanned four decades including when he was a church leader.

Police are after a silver-coloured BMW sedan without either of its number plates in connection with the robbery,

Police are searching for two masked people believed to be behind the attack.

"We're dealing with complex, high-risk youth offenders," Oranga Tamariki deputy chief says after confirming two out of 10 youths absconded from the trial and a third died in a crash.

A scene examination is continuing at a Wattle Downs home where a man was shot.

The man who suffered his injuries in Porirua last weekend has died in hospital.

A man who helped to save people during a mass stabbing says the "shadow" of that day still follows him around.

The victim was rushed to Middlemore Hospital but died of his injuries.

A person was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.

Police are investigating, the products have been removed - but NZ Food Safety is refusing to say what they are.

National and NZ First agreed to a two-year deadline in their coalition deal, but a year on, officer numbers have gone backwards.

The visas were intended for people living in rural Thailand who were planning to work in New Zealand.