Crime
Public's help sought after woman sexually assaulted in her home
Police are trying to find a man who took a bus to the Auckland CBD and then sexually assaulted a woman in a residential complex.
Rotorua liquor store ram raided twice in one week
Super Liquor Fenton Street has bollards out front but today's ram-raid caused thousands of dollars of damage.
National, Labour party donations under scrutiny at High Court
Details of how donors to both the Labour and National parties allegedly concealed their identities are under scrutiny in a High Court trial in Auckland.
Seven people are facing Serious Fraud Office… Audio
Warning to tradies after spate of tool thefts in Hawke's Bay
Police are reminding tradespeople to secure their tools, after 30 thefts from vehicles in the region in three months.
Teen killers bid for 'finite' sentence instead of life imprisonment
Three teen killers have gone to the Court of Appeal in an attempt to get their life imprisonment sentences ruled as unjust.
Wellington liquor shop mulls future after ram raid
Another ram raid, leaving another business owner sweeping broken glass and considering shutting up shop for good.
Thirsty Liquor in Wellington's Island Bay is the latest to be targeted - with a… Video, Audio
Japan executes mass murderer 14 years after rampage
Tomohiro Kato was 25 when he killed seven people in a busy Tokyo shopping district in 2008.
Homicide inquiry begins after man's death in Dunedin
Police are appealing for information and CCTV footage after launching a homicide inquiry into a Dunedin man's death.
'I feel helpless' - Store owner on ram raid
A liquor store has been ram-raided overnight in Island Bay in Wellington.
Pope apologises for indigenous abuse in Canada
Pope Francis apologised for the Catholic Church's role in decades of abuse of indigenous children in Canada this morning.
Indigenous leaders have long called for a papal apology for the physical… Audio
New information in story on Kirsty Bentley killing
Police have new information in the unsolved murder of Canterbury teenager Kirsty Bently, and now believe her killer was likely to have been a cannabis user living in Ashburton.
The Canterbury… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 26 July 2022
The Country is getting pummelled by rain as wild weather makes its way South. Police seek more information in the unsolved murder of Canterbury teenager Kirsty Bently The goverment's being told to… Audio
Police share new theory, reward for info, on Kirsty Bentley
A stranger abduction, not a drifter, but someone who knew the area very well and was probably involved with cannabis.
That's the working theory of the top officer in charge of the Kirsty Bentley… Video, Audio
'Someone out there knows the truth': Police offer $100k reward in unsolved murder case
Police are offering a reward for information about the unsolved 1998 murder of Canterbury teenager Kirsty Bentley.
Man pleads guilty to murder of Jasmine Wilson
The man accused of killing a mother-of-two almost three years ago has pleaded guilty to her murder.
Police arrest youngsters fleeing on the motorway
Two young people have been arrested after fleeing police on an Auckland motorway earlier today.
Paraparaumu bank held up by robber
A bank in Paraparaumu was held up near closing time on Friday by a robber police believe was wielding a gun.
Person shot in East Auckland
A person has been taken to hospital with moderate injuries after a shooting in East Auckland.
'Levels of anxiety are very high' as retailers face repeated raids
A prominent jewellery chain has been hit again in a smash and grab at a northwest Auckland mall. Audio
Michael Hill jewellery shop hit by another brazen robbery
A well know jewellery chain has been hit again in a smash and grab at a west Auckland mall. Robbers reportedly walked into the Michael Hill at the Westgate Mall and smashed up cabinets and took off… Video, Audio
