Stories by Ben Strang

Speed limits are set to drop in high risk areas and some fines will go up as part of the government's new road safety strategy, a document leaked to RNZ says.

Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter has announced she will introduce a bill to Parliament early next year giving police powers to run random roadside saliva testing.

David White is heading to Hamilton to personally apologise to the English cricketer, who says he was racially abused by a fan during the first Test yesterday.

The government has always had two targets for adding people to the police service, and it has ticked one of them off, the police minister says.

The firearms buy-back comes to an end a month from today, but the police say the amnesty for returning banned guns will continue into next year and beyond.

The government has failed to take any immediate measures to fix child poverty, a member of an expert group set up to help reduce it says.

Low-level drug convictions have dropped dramatically since a law change in August, and health and addiction services say they may struggle to handle increasing referrals.

A serving senior police officer has come forward to RNZ to back up claims that bullying in the police force is serious, endemic and happening now.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority is launching an investigation into allegations of bullying and related issues within the police.

Police have told a whistleblower to retract his statements to RNZ about being bullied or face legal action.

Police Commissioner Mike Bush has announced an independent review of how police address complaints of bullying.

It was sheer luck no one was hurt when someone fired at a police officer's front door on Saturday night, says Acting Eastern district commander Iain Chapman.

A former member of the Armed Offenders Squad was told he could be the victim of an accident during a firearms training session he was leading. Video

Until recently static speed cameras haven't been able to distinguish between cars and trucks which have a lower open-road speed limit. Audio

Police Minister Stuart Nash says bullying isn't acceptable within the police, but he's cautious about commenting on 90 cases now reported to RNZ.

An accused murderer was driven around in a Porsche Cayenne and exposed to significant sums of money during an undercover police operation which led to his confession.

Methamphetamine's record low price of $450 a gram in North Island main centres indicates more is being brought into the country than ever before, a researcher says. Audio

A former detective who has worked with the British army and British police says he never experienced bullying like he experienced in New Zealand.

Was it a cry for help, or was it a goat? That was the question being asked in a murder trial at the High Court in Wellington yesterday.

A victim of bullying in the police was asked by a senior sergeant whether her complaints could be put down to her period.

More than 400 people have applied for permits to keep now banned firearms since the Christchurch mosque attacks.

Senior managers in the police are failing to properly declare conflicts of interest when dealing with complaints of bullying and harassment, according to more than 50 victims and witnesses.

A former constable had suicidal thoughts because of the persistent bullying he faced during his time with the police.

Bullying within police has had a serious impact on the staff themselves and it's also impacting victims of crime, a former detective says.

Bullying remains widespread throughout the police little more than a decade after a commission of inquiry into the organisation's culture, victims say.