Police say they are trying to find out why two British tourists were in a crime-ridden public housing complex late at night before they were fatally shot over the weekend, allegedly by a 16-year-old boy.
Five youths have been referred to Youth Aid and another youth will appear in the Dunedin District Court this week, after a spate of burglaries in North Dunedin.
Three Dunedin men - two of whom are believed to be father and son - have been charged with murder following the "gruesome" death of a 23-year-old man at Blueskin Bay estuary, Warrington, on Friday.
An Auckland man accused of killing his former partner, whose dismembered body was found in the Waitakere ranges west of Auckland, has appeared briefly in court today.
A comedian accused of sexually abusing a young girl has pleaded guilty to committing an indecent act on a child -- a lesser offence to what he was initially charged with.