Crime
Police probe shots fire in East Auckland
Police are continuing to investigate reports of gunshot sounds in East Auckland last night.
Pilot-in-training secretly filmed a woman and two teenagers at home
Aaron de Hoog has been sentenced to home detention and ordered to pay $750 to each of his victims.
Four youths arrested after Waikato robberies
A group of armed offenders threatened staff and demanded cash and ciagrettes at a Tirau supermarket this morning.
Man arrested after a manhunt led to school going into lockdown
A man has been arrested after a manhunt that saw a Feilding school go into lockdown.
Rapist jailed after terrorising flat full of students
A houseful of Wellington university students were terrorised as a man broke in night after night, raping one woman, and standing over the beds of others while they slept.
Riccarton robbery: Police release additional picture, seek help identifying man
Police are appealing for public help to identify a man associated with a robbery at a Riccarton shopping centre on Wednesday 29 March.
Public to be consulted before tasers updated, police say
The police are going ahead with updating their old tasers but are still not sure how.
Gloriavale court case hears final arguments
A court has heard Gloriavale women were entrapped, enslaved and lived in servitude at the Christian community, on the final day of a long-running employment case.
Chief Employment Court judge… Audio
Jail for conspiracy theorist protest organisers
Billy Te Kahika Jr and Vinny Eastwood were both found guilty of intentionally failing to comply with the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act.
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks to Jesse about what she's learnt from the Film Fraud Festival. The festival has been on a the the Q Theatre in Auckland and Mary is talking about some of the warning signs that you're… Audio
New retail crime unit marks 1000th charge laid
Operational since May last year, the NSIRU targets high-profile and repeat retail crime offenders.
Mexico calls for justice over migrant fire
There's outrage in Mexico after new footage emerged showing the moment the fire started at a migrant detention centre. One that would kill 38 people. The Mexican president, who blamed some migrants… Audio
Conviction of Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed reinstated
A lower court violated the right of the victim's family to attend a critical hearing in the case, an appeals court has ruled.
Sam Bankman-Fried accused of bribing Chinese official
Founder of failed crypto firm FTX Sam Bankman-Fried has been accused of bribing at least one Chinese official.
Police 'Tactical Response Model' being rolled out nationwide
Tactical Response Model staff will not generally be armed, the police minister says, nor will they be on community patrol, like the former Armed Response Teams.
Corrections review into murderer's release on parole
Corrections says it has made changes in how it shares information with the Parole Board to help prevent the same mistakes - after questions were raised about the release of an inmate who then brutally… Audio
Government going after gang leaders in the pockets
The Justice Minister says new legislation passed last night shows the government is going after gang leaders where it hurts most - their pockets.
The new laws give police powers to go after the… Audio
14-hour Stratford standoff ends peacefully
No one was hurt in the ordeal, despite at least three shots being fired by the alleged offender.
Possible delays over redress an insult - state abuse survivors
Survivors of abuse in state care say suggestions they could face delays over redress are an insult.
The idea was raised in a briefing for the incoming minister for the public service, Andrew Little… Audio
Armed police stand-off in Stratford after shots fired
Armed police are in a stand-off with a man in Stratford after a shooting last night.
The man failed to pull over his car when requested, and then fired at police.
He's since fled to a property where… Audio