Crime

Police are continuing to appeal for information following the 35 year old's death on 20 January.

Establishing a youth military academy to get the worst young offenders off the streets is a priority for the government, says the minister of police. Audio

Locals describe a 79-year-old woman found dead at her Wellington home as a keen gardener and a quiet lady who kept to herself. Audio

At least four people have died while waiting for a watchdog to investigate if they'd been the subject of a miscarriage of justice.

A senior Mongrel Mob member who was leading a meth manufacturing and supply ring was busted trying to bring 1.1kg of the class A drug into New Zealand inside a set of golf clubs.

Michael Hill Jeweller has confidence in its security measures, despite the latest in a long string of raids on its NZ stores.

The police are at the scene of a robbery at a mall jewellery store in Bay of Plenty this afternoon.

E Jean Carroll had accused the former US president of destroying her reputation as a trustworthy journalist by denying he raped her nearly three decades ago.

Three people have been taken into custody in West Auckland after allegedly stealing a car and failing to stop for police.

The mystery of Alysha Hanin's disappearance in Miami over two decades ago continues to baffle investigators - now her mother speaks about her desperate search for the truth.

A long-running Wellington rape case, which at one point involved multiple complainants, has ended with one man being sentenced to three years and nine months in jail on a single charge.

Six young people, aged between 12 and 15, were seen in the stolen cars driving through Manukau.

Armed men broke into a home in the early hours of the morning and continued to flee police after hitting road spikes.

"Every time we get looted they take something from our house, even if there's nothing," a resident of one flood-hit Auckland street says.