Forensic scientists reproduced shoeprints left at the driveway where Scott Guy was gunned down to pinpoint the type of dive boots worn by his killer, a court has been told.
Only five pairs of the distinctive dive boots Ewen Macdonald allegedly wore to gun down his brother-in-law Scott Guy were sold in the accused's size in Manawatu, his trial has been told.
A truck driver who came across slain farmer Scott Guy's body said it looked like his throat had been cut, a court has been told.
Slain farmer Scott Guy's sister says the farm was not big enough for him and the brother-in-law accused of killing him.
Murder accused Ewen Macdonald sobbed in the dock as his wife Anna agreed her life had never been more perfect on the day before her brother was killed.
Murder accused Ewen Macdonald told police he gave his brother-in-law Scott Guy "a blast" about not pulling his weight on the farm.
Hundreds of Cantabrians will spend a second cold night without power as damage and transport difficulties hamper repair efforts.
Murder accused Ewen Macdonald said whoever killed his brother-in-law Scott Guy should face the death penalty, a court has been told.
The second half of a police video interview with Ewen Macdonald will be shown to the jury at his murder trial today.
Corrections staff and police spent much of the day searching Waikeria Prison grounds for two escaped inmates who had already fled in a stolen car.
In the words of defence lawyer Greg King, the death of Scott Guy is a "classic whodunit, a murder mystery".
New Zealand investigators built up trust with people sharing child sex abuse photos on social networking sites, sparking a global clampdown that has removed 12 children from harm, including one Kiwi.
A primary school asked the parents of a four-year-old Whangarei boy with HIV to keep his two older siblings at home for their own safety after other parents came forward with concerns.
The partial sale of state-owned energy companies will pump $88.1 million into hospital redevelopment work as the health sector picks up the largest spending increase in this year's Budget.
Police say they are not looking for a weapon after a 28-year-old man was killed on a Timaru street.
Police are continuing to examine a Nelson flat where a woman was found dead on Thursday.
A man whose body was found face-down on a Timaru pavement is believed to have died in suspicious circumstances.
Cannabis found in the system of the Carterton balloon crash pilot is a "significant safety concern'' but it is too early to say whether it caused the tragedy, the lead crash investigator says.
A hunter shot dead by a friend in Southland was "a hell of a nice guy'' who loved the outdoors and had a huge future ahead of him, his former boss says.
A married man, sacked after he was accused of taking sick leave to go on a romantic jaunt in Europe, tried to prevent details of the case emerging.
