The week in pictures: August 1 - 7

Police investigate the shooting of three people which took place on a grassed area at the junction of Farnham and Croyden avenues in Palmerston North.

Flight Lieutenant Brendon Quinn co-pilots an Air Force Hercules aircraft over the Ruahines during supply drop training.

The Reverend David Coster (left) and Reverend Lapana Faletoly survey the aftermath of an overnight fire at Christchurch's St Paul's Trinity Church.

Gerard Otimi, surrounded by reporters after appearing in court in Manukau on further charges over an alleged visa scam.

Erin Whitla emerges from a crawl under a cargo net during a fitness programme run by Army PT instructors in Wellington's Civic Square.

NZL32 former crew members Tony Rae, left, and Kevin Shoebridge with Sarah-Jane Blake, at the new Peter Blake memorial at Auckland's Maritime Museum for the arrival of America's Cup yacht NZL32.

Michael Anderson holds a photo of his old friend Herman Wieringa who died in an avalanche on Mt Olympus in 1961.

Police at Todd Ave in Bishopdale, Christchurch, the site of a serious assault in which a man died.

Kayleigh Merrett, 10, left, Kelin Te Whenua, 9, and Destiny Patea, 6, from Fernlea School, Wainuiomata. Pupils have lost their second adopted kiwi in less than 18 months, after a dog killed Fern (in photo).

Signs warning people against walking dogs on Takapuna Beach, after the unexplained deaths of dogs on Auckland's North Shore beaches.

Sapalina Fougali, relieved after hearing that her brother Logo Samasoni (pictured in the photo top left) has been freed by Somali pirates.

Animal control officer Eric Teaukura captures a dog after the Waikato attack on Margit Christensen.

Francis Lau, his wife and 10-year-old daughter were asleep inside their Masterton home when a stolen car involved in a high speed police chase smashed through a concrete fence and ploughed into their house.

Alice La Hatte (centre), a Wellington High School student, shouts during a protest at Parliament against funding cuts for night classes.

Young Petone boys are in dispute with their school over their "rat's tails". Dylan Savelio (left) shows off Vaha Tavite's offending rat's tail.

A seriously injured man is taken out of a rescue helicopter at Grey Base Hospital following an accident at Stockton opencast mine, north of Westport.

Former MP Taito Phillip Field is found guilty of 11 of 12 charges of accepting bribes and 15 of 23 obstruction of justice charges at the High Court at Auckland.