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

A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering and indecently assaulting schoolgirl Liberty 'Libby' Templeman in November 2008.

The judge presiding over the Liberty Templeman murder trial says there may have to be a retrial if a verdict cannot be reached.

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.

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.

Relatives of a 22-month-old girl shaken and dropped when she would not stop crying are upset at her attacker's sentence.

A lone hero dived into the swirling tide to save a drowning woman. But who was he?

A homicide inquiry has been launched after a Kaikohe woman died following what police allege was a domestic violence attack.

A teenager's New Year's Day fun turned to tragedy after he jumped from a 24m waterfall and never surfaced.