Crime

The defenceless little boy, two days shy of celebrating his second birthday, suffered blunt force trauma so severe it fractured his skull and led to his death in 2023.

Motorists in the wider Wellington region are being warned that a large number of gang members will be travelling in the area for a funeral.

A 12-year-old boy was among them, put to work in New Zealand and assaulted despite his adopted 'father' already having convictions for violence.

The woman told the Beach Haven resident she was doing a storm damage check for the council.

President Nayib Bukele proposed sending 252 Venezuelans deported from the US for political prisoners held by Venezuela.

Auckland police are keeping an "open mind" over what happened at a Meadowbank bus stop.

Building owner Bruce Sullivan says everyone in the community believes they know the man behind the wheel.

A 39 year-old has been charged with two counts of presenting a firearm-like object and unlawfully getting into a motor vehicle.

A woman was cut on the face and thought she would die as she tried to force a knife-wielding burglar out of her home.

Nearly 80 infringement notices were issued and 21 vehicles were ordered off the road.

When a gunman opened fire at the Florida State University two people died and six were injured before he was arrested.

A former successful farmer who ran a $4 million rural property is now homeless and "night-crawling" after his life became upended by addiction.

Community tensions will surround the release of convicted double-murderer Mark Lundy from prison, and Palmerston North does not want him back, the city's mayor says.

The federal charge of murder through the use of a firearm carries a maximum sentence of death, if he is convicted.

The 66-year-old was twice convicted for the murder of his wife Christine and daughter Amber.

Kevin Young made a profit of $11,241 on information that the Financial Markets Authority said was not available to the public.

The person was walking on Broadway in Strathmore.