As blood dripped from stab wounds inflicted by one of his pupils, maths teacher Steve Hose yelled at the rest of his class to get out.
A 65-year-old woman is a coma in intensive care in Tauranga Hospital after having a beer bottle thrown at her head from a passing car at the weekend.
A vicious assault on a man using a dog as weapon has brought jail terms for his three attackers.
Two preteens assaulted a woman walking home through a playground as part of a violent game called Catch and Wreck, in which children identify targets they think are homeless and then beat and rob them for fun, police said today.
A 64-year-old Nelson man has been sentenced to eight years' jail for the historic rape and assault of his step-daughter.