Crime

Police arrested the teen at his home last December, believing he was part of a group of four - one of them allegedly armed with a gun - who robbed Young's Four Square in Whangārei a month earlier.

New Zealand Law Society President Tiana Epati says the number of people found unfit to stand trial over the last ten years has gone from 94 in 2012 to 195 in 2021.

Parents of Orewa College students are concerned for their safety after two brutal assaults surfaced online.

Police have arrested a teenager who is accused of taking part in several ram raids in Auckland.

It is the first war crimes trial in Ukraine since the war with Russia started almost three months ago.

Marlborough police have charged a man they say has been reposting photos of teenage girls on adult websites.

A man has been charged over an alleged hit-and-run death of a man in Otago.

Two people in Southland have been arrested after fleeing police, driving along a footpath and crashing into a patrol car.

A man charged with murder will appear in a Northland court next month after the discovery of a body, believed to be that of missing woman Gaelene Bright.

The 18-year-old man accused of the deadly mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, invited people to a Discord chat room to see his plans about 30 minutes before he carried out the attack

A shotgun blast has left glass strewn through a child's bedroom in what police say is the latest example of gang-related violence in the Tairāwhiti region.

Delays in almost 150,000 court appearances have extended victims' anxiety and forced those involved to put their lives on hold awaiting justice.

Bottle-O and Vodafone stores in Takanini were ram raided early on Tuesday.