Crime

Police say a McDonald's in Manukau has been robbed overnight by a group wielding tools.

An Israeli former principal will spend up to 15 years in jail for sexually assaulting two students at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Australia.

A community safety meeting is being held in Christchurch amid increased unease in the aftermath of Yanfei Bao's disappearance and crime in the city.

A man angered by bees "taking pollen off his flowers" and "nectar from his trees" cost two beekeepers about $120,000 after their beehives were damaged and went missing.

The 70-year-old man who died after being stabbed on Auckland's Queen Street on Wednesday has been named by police.

A person suffered facial burns after a bedroom was engulfed in flames when a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a Te Atatū South home.

More than a month on from the real estate agent's disappearance, police are still searching for her body.

Auckland residents say they are afraid to go out at night after two suspected homicides in the city on the same day.

Nine survivors of Danny and Roberto Jaz's attacks read powerful victim impact statements to the court ahead of the pair's sentencing today.

Danny and Roberto Jaz, who drugged and committed sexual offences against multiple patrons at the Christchurch bar, Mama Hooch, have been handed lengthy sentences.

The lawyer of a teen who has been charged with murder over a death in Epsom has indicated his client intends to plead not guilty.

Brian Andrew Reuben's burglary spree involving five Thames businesses cost tens of thousands of dollars and has landed him behind bars.

The man died after being found with injuries at an Upper Queen Street address, police said.

Police investigating a homicide earlier this month believe Tiari Boon-Harris is assisting murder-accused Dariush Talagi.