Crime

Christchurch residents are shocked stolen cars were sent careening down streets early yesterday morning, with bricks weighing down the accelerators.

Christchurch City Council is to restart security patrols of part of the earthquake-damaged redzone due to increasing vandalism.

US Vice-President Kamala Harris has made an impassioned plea for a ban on assault weapons in the wake of two deadly mass shootings in the US.

The Defence Force has helped police dispose of a suspicious package found in Hamilton.

A 22-year-old man being sought over a fatal knife attack in Mount Albert this week has been arrested by police this afternoon, while the 25-year-old victim has also been named.

Frantic children called 911 at least six times from the Texas classrooms where a massacre was unfolding, as some 20 officers waited in the hallway outside for nearly an hour.

Seven people have been arrested following the recent gang-related shooting spree across Auckland.

A former private investigator has been denied a discharge without conviction for her involvement in the Trelise Cooper robbery.

Gloriavale's leaders have offered a public apology for failing to protect victims of labour exploitation and sexual abuse.

An Australian-based fraudster has brought shame as well as a loss of mana and trust to his iwi after he conned the organisation out of more than $3 million.

A man has been taken into custody after a firearms incident in Kapuka.

Business owners in Auckland's Sandringham suburb say a recent rise in ram raids and robberies is "getting too scary". Audio

Community leaders in Kaikohe led a hikoi through the town centre this morning calling for peace amid rising gang violence.