Crime
One charged with wounding with intent after person injured in Invercargill
A man has been charged and further arrests may be made following a firearms incident over the weekend.
Mayor demands government step up after spate of crimes
Retailers are in a heightened state of anxiety in the lead-up to Christmas following a spate of crimes, including shots being fired at police, Waipa mayor Susan O'Regan says. Audio
Man in custody after report of assault in Auckland's Browns Bay
One person is in custody after police were alerted to reports of an assault at Northcross in Browns Bay.
Police probe woman's violent death in Auckland
Police say they will be going door-to-door today making enquiries in Massey where a woman was killed yesterday.
Police attending incident on Auckland's North Shore
Auckland police are attending another incident, this time on the North Shore.
Police haven't release many details but armed officers are at the scene and yelling can be heard.
Reporter Jonty Dine is… Audio
Police going door to door over Massey homicide
The police will be going door to door making enquiries in the west Auckland neighbourhood of Massey today, after a woman was killed yesterday evening.
Officers were called to a property in Royal Road… Audio
Waipā Mayor wants central government help after crime spree
Police in the Waikato District are armed this morning after officers were shot at, following a spate of crimes across Hamilton, Cambridge and Te Awamutu yesterday.
Waikato District Commander… Audio
US House Capitol riot probe to consider criminal referral for Trump
The committee will wrap up its work this week with what could be as many as three criminal referrals against the former president.
Hillsong founder Brian Houston tells court his father was a 'serial paedophile'
Brian Houston also tells a Sydney court the responses to abuse allegations when they first came to light were not "all they should have been".
Waikato community shaken after properties targeted by burglars
"The community have had enough. The victims have had enough. And we have had enough." The words of a frustrated Waikato District Commander after it was believed shots were fired at officers attending… Audio
Australian Correspondent Brad Foster
Brad Foster reports on this week's funeral service in Brisbane for the two young police officers gunned down in rural Queensland, and football hooliganism in Melbourne over the weekend. He also… Audio
'Horrifying and scary' - Dairy owner on edge days after worker violently attacked
A Hamilton dairy owner says it is "horrifying and scary" to be at his shop while the offenders are still on the run. Audio
Hastings MP, Mayor express concern over new remand facility
The local Labour MP and mayor in Hastings have expressed strong concerns to the Government over the location of a new kind of remand facility proposed by iwi and police.
Its supporters say it will be… Audio
Hamilton dairy owner wants accountability over attack
A Hamilton dairy owner says he wants accountability for the men who attacked his employee in a violent robbery on Saturday.
The worker has been in hospital recovering from surgery to re-attach a… Audio
Man charged over assault of baby, mother in Christchurch park
An 18-year-old man will appear in court later this week, following the incident at Scarborough Park in Sumner.
Two charged with looting from property where police officers were shot
The pair are accused of trying to steal motorcyles from a crime scene where the police officers and a member of public were fatally shot.
'Don't kill me, don't kill me': Dairy worker feared for his life during robbery
A violent attack on a dairy worker which ended in two of his fingers cut off with a machete shows the "extreme level of violence" offenders will go to, police say.
Arrest made over Ōtara shooting
A man has been charged with attempted murder in relation to a shooting at the Ōtara shopping centre last month.
Newborn baby taken to hospital after suspected hate crime at Christchurch park
An 18-year-old allegedly jumped on a tent where a mother and her 3-week-old baby lay in Christchurch, landing on the pair.
One person injured after firearms incident in Invercargill
Police acknowledged the firearms incident could be "alarming and unsettling for those living in the vicinity".
