The Solicitor General is considering a request from Whangarei's crown prosecutor to appeal the sentence given to murdered schoolgirl Liberty Templeman's teen killer.

The last moments of Liberty Templeman's life may never be known, as her killer has never told the truth, his sentencing judge has said.

The teenager who killed schoolgirl Liberty Templeman will serve a minimum of 11 and a half years.

The teenager who was yesterday unmasked as Liberty Templeman's murderer has received death threats on the internet.

Name suppression has lifted for the boy convicted of the murder and indecent assault of Northland teenager Liberty Templeman.

A youth accused of the slaying of Liberty Templeman, 15, today began giving evidence in his own defence at the High Court in Whangarei.

The distraught parents of a slain schoolgirl fled the courtroom as a jury watched video footage of police interviews.

ESR scientists believe blood found on items belonging to the accused boy belonged to murdered teen Liberty Templeman.

More details of the final movements of slain schoolgirl Liberty Templeman have emerged at the trial of the teenager accused of killing her.

A police officer has told a High Court that he spoke to the boy accused of her murder just minutes before he found her body.

Touching operatic allegory parallels lives of man and beast.

International stars and high-powered businessmen have found the perfect place to get away from it all.

An award-winning chef is making the most of the local produce, writes Helen Twose.

In 1819 Samuel Marsden introduced winegrowing to New Zealand with the planting of the first vines in Kerikeri.

More than 50 people have been arrested in two separate large-scale drug operations targeting cannabis in Northland and Hawke's Bay.