Crime

Members of the Chinese community are marching in Auckland this morning to protest against what they say is rising crime.

Police have launched a homicide investigation and a post-mortem is underway after a fatal shooting outside an Auckland church.

A dairy worker has lost two fingers in a robbery which saw offenders take off with up to $20,000 worth of tobacco products.

A man who filmed himself raping a young girl and secretly recorded himself with sex workers has been described as a "predator and a beast".

Stolen property including a boat and vehicles is being returned to owners after an operation that has resulted in 19 people facing charges.

The Royal Commission's Abuse in Care inquiry has recognised torture was carried out in the adolescent unit at the Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s.

The woman accessed the police National Intelligence Application (NIA) for her personal sleuthing earlier this year, before sending the highly classified information to a friend via Facebook Messenger.

The government has unveiled further details about its crime prevention programmes, including timeframes and criteria for the fog cannon subsidy.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly stole petrol, evaded police for hours and attempted a carjack in Upper Hutt.

A former council executive who arranged for a $7 million sewage plant contract to be awarded to a cake decorator has been found guilty of corruption.

Various reviews into whether state lawyers and police were complicit in the Alan Hall miscarriage of justice case will be done in the next few months.

National says cutting the number of places Kiwis can buy smokes will make the remaining few targets for crooks. Audio

"Significant deficiences" have been found by an independent review into the handling of terrorist Ahamed Samsudeen.

A woman has suffered moderate injuries after a serious assault on a public walkway in Auckland's Mount Albert.