Crime
The Panel with Georgie Stylianou and Raybon Kan (Part 2)
Wallace and panellists Georgie Stylianou and Raybon Kan hear from an expert in child and adolescent brain development about how a tough-on-crime approach wont help deter ram raids and youth crime… Audio
Elizabeth Zhong homicide: Fang Sun found guilty of murder
A millionaire investor from China who watched his once-lucrative New Zealand businesses fail after moving to Auckland has been found guilty of stabbing to death the woman he blamed for his huge…
Why are so many corrections staff stood down and investigated?
Today, due to circumstances beyond our control we have no NZ Sporting history. Instead Anna's looking at recent spike in cases of corrections staff being stood down and investigated. She talks to… Audio
Two shooting incidents in Auckland reported
Two more shootings have been reported in Auckland overnight.
'I don't get the job because of my criminal history': Calls to review Clean Slate scheme
Experts say the Clean Slate scheme, which gives some offenders the right to not disclose their criminal convictions, isn't working and some people who deserve to can't put their past behind them.
Police recover stolen Māori artefact in north Canterbury
Police in Waimakariri have found a large carving of historical and cultural significance that was stolen from the Kaiapoi Pā last week.
Jury rules in favour of Depp in defamation trial
In the US state of Virginia, a jury has found actor Johnny Depp was defamed by his former wife Amber Heard when she said she was the victim of domestic abuse.
The jury found Amber Heard's claim was… Audio
Man arrested in investigation into baby's death in Ōtara
A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a baby in Ōtara last week.
Current gang violence part of usual cycle, expert says
While the current escalation of gang violence is obviously concerning, it's just part of the usual cycle of gangland tensions, an expert says.
Customs cracks down on smuggled cigarettes
Data released under the Official Information Act shows the scale of New Zealand's cigarette smuggling problem, after Customs received a $10 million budget boost to fight it. Audio
Police will succeed in gang crackdown - gang expert
An expert on gangs says while the current escalation of violence is concerning, it's just part of the usual cycle of gangland tensions.
Jarrod Gilbert says the police will ultimately be successful in… Audio
Customs cracks down on smuggled cigarettes after 800k seized in three months
Data released under the Official Information Act reveals the growing scale of New Zealand's cigarette smuggling problem.
Cigarettes are being seized at the border in alarming quantities - more than… Video, Audio
Poto Williams turns up heat over increase in gang violence
The minister of police wants the police to work faster to tackle a surge of gang violence in Auckland.
Police putting pressure on warring gangs in Auckland - Coster
The Police Commissioner confirms leaders of the Tribesmen and Killer Beez have met as police work to de-escalate gang violence by wearing groups down. Audio
Police Commissioner on gang violence in Auckland
Police maintain they are cracking down on the two gangs - the Tribesmen and Killer Beez - who are at the centre of a surge in violence across Tāmaki Makaurau.
Seven people have been arrested so far… Audio
Gang tension: Police 'very concerned about their access to firearms'
Police are still looking for a variety of weapons in relation to a spate of recent drive-by shootings, Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says. Audio
Stolen cars crashed, brick on accelerator worry Chch locals
A speeding driverless car, with a brick weighing down the accelerator, has smashed into other park vehicles in Christchurch and has residents fearing someone could be seriously hurt if it happens… Video, Audio
Biden visits Uvalde in wake of school mass shooting
For the second time in a fortnight, US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have consoled a community grieving after a mass shooting.
First it was Buffalo where 10 people died inside a… Video, Audio
'We cannot sustain this kind of violence' - Police Commissioner Andrew Coster
A gang feud continues to spill over in Auckland and Northland, with hundreds of rounds of ammunition and several firearms seized.
There's been multiple shooting incidents across Auckland suburbs… Video, Audio
Security patrols back in Christchurch red zone
Security patrols will restart in Christchurch's red zone due to rising vandalism.
The patrols were canned last year when the city council took over the area's management from the Government.
Local… Audio
