Domestic violence

White ribbons fluttered on the black leather jackets of the motorcycle riders who roared up to St Paul's Cathedral yesterday morning.

A South Auckland man has been taken to hospital with life-threatening wounds following a domestic dispute.

New Zealand's White Ribbon motorcycle ride against violence towards women will make a stop in Queenstown tomorrow morning at Hamills Bar and Restaurant in Remarkables Park.

Fans are urged not to take out a poor Rugby World Cup final result on their families.

A 4-year-old boy has been injured after boiling water was thrown over him during a family violence incident in Te Kuiti this morning.

Vic Tamati had every intention of killing his entire family the night his wife told him she was taking their children and not coming back.

It is all right to report domestic violence, is the message Janice Paterson, the former partner of Gore district councillor Steven Dixon, is sending to the community after he was sentenced this week.

The Government needs to launch an inquiry into why New Zealand has such high domestic violence and maternal mortality rates compared with other Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD) countries, the head of United Nations Women New Zealand says.

Armed police have stormed a house after shots were fired and a man has been stabbed in two separate domestic incidents in Hamilton this morning.