murder

An 18-year-old Waihi man has appeared in court charged with the murder of holidaymaker Murray Wilkinson outside a caravan in the town early on New Year's Day.

A youth has appeared in court this morning charged with murdering Ashburton mother Sina Solomona at the weekend.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of an intellectually disabled woman in Upper Hutt.

A 32-year-old man has pleaded guilty to a charge of murdering his father, who was stabbed to death in his Havelock North home nine months ago.

One of three men charged with murdering 23-year-old James Ellis last year has pleaded guilty.

Police investigating the murder of a security guard at a west Auckland building site have revealed more details about the four men seen in the area when he died, including what one of them told a taxi driver as they left.

Police have charged a 31-year-old unemployed Whanganui man with the murder of veteran journalist Derek Round.

A man who flew from Brisbane to murder his estranged wife in Auckland on Valentine's Day in 2011 has been jailed for at least 17 years.

A man has been charged with the murder of Sharyn Wilkinson-Foley who was found dead in a Nelson house on Thursday.

A 21-year-old hitchhiker accused of attacking a good samaritan who offered him a place to stay for the night has been charged with murder.