Crime

Police do not believe that threatening emails received by a number of organisations today were a sign of any actual danger, and are working to identify the source.

Three protected native geckos have finally been set free after being held in illegal captivity for years.

The police conduct authority investigated officers after they used a dog to detain a 12-year-old boy.

A judge warned more than a decade ago that a man who held a weapon to a woman's throat last week was likely to unleash his anger at a partner in the future.

Police have searched hospitals and schools across the country after threats were made against a number of organisations - but Te Whatu Ora is reassuring people it is safe to attend hospitals.

The woman who killed her elderly father by setting his house alight has died suddenly, the day after she was found guilty of murder.

The rise in threats against state highway roadworkers as seen security guards brought in to provide protection. Audio

A father of four has been named as the victim of arson at a property in the Ruapehu district of Waitaanga last month.

Homicide investigators searching for Jayden Mamfredos-Nair are working with an international expert to find his body - and expect to make an arrest by Christmas.

The jury in the trial of Lynne Maree Martin at the High Court in Gisborne reached their verdict after about two-and-a-half hours of deliberations and delivered their verdict on Wednesday afternoon.

Three people were at home when the toddler suffered critical injuries, but one month after his death and no arrests have been made.

Police have arrested two men accused of kidnapping a woman and stealing her car in South Auckland this morning.

Police have arrested two women after forged $50 and $5 notes were found following a number of complaints.

Police said they were continuing to support Rani's family following her death.

A woman who accused a man of raping her at Gloriavale was told there was no way she would ever marry. Audio