The inmate charged with killing prison guard Jason Palmer has admitted his manslaughter.

Three teenagers have been arrested over the murder of 74-year-old Donald Alfred Stewart in Hamilton last month.

Dave Dobbyn, who celebrated 30 years in music last year, is touring the majestic churches, chapels and cathedrals of New Zealand on the 2010 Classic Hits Acoustic Church Tour.

Police investigating the murder of 74-year-old Donald Alfred Stewart want to find the people who took the man's car from a ditch.

The brother of slain Wellington man Donald Stewart says his family is "shattered and in shock" over the way he died.

The driver of a car which hit a pedestrian in the Waikato on Tuesday night was not to blame for the man's death, police say.

Police have identified the body of a man found dead in his slippers in Hamilton on Sunday and are now trying to trace the movements of his car.

The identity of a man found dead in a Hamilton street on Sunday with suspicious injuries remained a mystery this morning.

Hamilton police want to hear from anyone who saw a middle-aged man in slippers who was attacked in the city on Saturday night.

An investigation is underway after a man believed to be in his late 50s or early 60s was found dead in Hamilton this morning.

A 16-year-old and two men have been arrested after burglars allegedly assaulted a man and kidnapped a 28-year-old woman.