Crime

There were nearly 20% more reported victimisations of stores than the year before, new police figures show.

A court quashed Brodie Champion's sentence, saying it was too harsh for someone of his vulnerability.

Police are looking for a white flat-deck truck driven by a man in his 50s and are calling for sightings and CCTV.

One of the arsons was in public toilets at Newmarket train station last August.

The group took a car from Parnell, sped through an intersection and crashed into three other cars in Ponsonby.

The 21-year-old is also facing a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.

It was several hours before the badly injured girl was taken to hospital.

Three people have been arrested after an incident between two groups outside the Whakātane District Court.

Police are hunting three men who used their car to ram another off the road and rob its driver in Northland last week.

The Dairy and Business Owners Group is calling last year a law and order disaster, after data from police revealed nearly 150,000 crimes reported at retailers across the country in 2023. Audio

Australian police say the new area of focus for Samantha Murphy's body is based on "intelligence derived from a number of sources".

Matthew Isaac Wolfe helped a fellow Kiwi to deceive and coerce young women to appear in the videos.

A former army officer has been sentenced to four years in jail after raping a sex worker in Wellington.

Damon O'Rourke was fatally shot in January, and it took police two months to find his alleged killer

Police are offering a $100,000 reward for credible information relating to missing Marlborough woman Jessica Boyce, who vanished five years ago today.

Three youths, aged between 12 and 13, have been arrested after fleeing police in a stolen car and then on foot.

A man charged over the death of a Kāinga Ora resident last month has appeared again in the High Court in Auckland.

Those arrested are facing dozens of charges that also include threatening to kill and robbery.