Crime

The charges came after police executed a series of search warrants across the North Island as part of Operation Gallium.

Repeated vandalisation of Nelson's public toilets has cost ratepayers at least $27,000 with toilet bowls being smashed and pipework cut through.

Janak Patel was killed outside the Rose Cottage Dairy in Sandringham last November, sparking widespread protest.

Simon Allan Bevers, 56, was found dead last March in his tent at an apple orchard.

Three people are in prison for breaching their community sentence conditions during Cyclone Gabrielle.

A man and a teenager who beat their farm colleague into unconsciousness, chained him to a car by his ankle and dragged him 1km along a gravel tanker track have been jailed for life.

Police have seized drugs, firearms, and cash during a series of planned raids on properties across the Far North.

New Zealanders are being warned to watch out for fake websites and social media accounts claiming to be represent the official Census.

A clash broke out between court security and family of the accused after they were barred from entering the courtroom.

The 46-year-old woman was taken to a medical centre with serious injuries, but police are yet to know how she got them.

More than a dozen patched Mongrel Mob members, some from out of town, turned up to show their support for the gang boss.

The person received a serious head injury following the incident in Whangārei and airlifted to hospital.

A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to manslaughter this morning.

The car involved in the ram-raid caught on fire, and so did the building.