Crime
Family lucky to be alive after home shot at 20 times
A Māngere family home was shot at 20 times overnight in an apparent gang shooting, and the police say the family inside were lucky to escape serious injury or death.
There were children in the… Audio
Suspected gang shooting targets wrong house in Auckland
Police say a family are lucky to have escaped serious injuries after a suspected gang shooting in Auckland last night.
Tennis star accuses top Chinese politician of sexual abuse
It is the first time sexual assault allegations have been made against a senior Chinese leader.
Australian toddler's rescue a 'miracle' - anthropologist
A photo of smiling Cleo Smith, the four-year old found in a locked house eighteen days after her disappearance in remote Western Australia, reassured a nation on tenterhooks.
Mother Ellie Smith… Audio
Criminologist outraged at treatment of female prisoners in NZ
The treatment of women in New Zealand's prisons has outraged a criminologist at Oxford University.
Last year RNZ reported that as well as using regular pepper spray, Corrections use an American… Audio
Four-year-old Perth girl found alive after 18 days missing
An astonishing outcome - the four-year-old girl who disappeared almost three weeks ago from a remote Australian campsite has been found alive.
Police broke into a locked house in the early hours of… Audio
Abducted 4yo girl Cleo found after 18 days missing
It was remarkably good news for Perth today as the little Australian girl abducted while on a camping trip with her family 18 days ago was found alive.
She was locked in a house just minutes away… Video, Audio
Police restrain assets of group illegally-housing migrant workers
A group of people accused of earned money from illegally-housed migrant workers in Auckland have been served restraining orders.
Wairoa police, iwi, council join forces to disrupt crime
Wairoa in Hawke's Bay has a reputation for gang violence and drug abuse that stretches back years.
Police, iwi and the council say time is up and they are joining forces to disrupt crime and restore… Audio
Nine arrested, drugs and firearms seized in Timaru
Nine people have been charged with drug and firearm offences after police executed 10 search warrants in Timaru over the past three days.
Auckland councillor victim of rising amount of antivaxers' abuse
Local Government New Zealand says it's hearing more and more stories of council members feeling unsafe because of their line of work.
Auckland Councillor Josephine Bartley, of the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki… Audio
The devil you know: inside the minds of the most violent criminals
Pioneering British psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Gwen Adshead has spent more than spent 30 years working inside prisons and with offenders at Broadmoor Hospital - this is where some of the UK's… Audio
Coroner looking into 2015 death of Southland toddler
A man accused of killing a toddler in Southland in 2015, changed his story from saying he did not know what happened to saying he tripped on a skateboard and fell on the boy.
The man was charged with… Audio
Family of man shot by police still waiting for Coroner's inquest
The family of a mentally ill man who was shot at eight times as he ran away from police, are angry they have been waiting nearly four years for a Coroner's Inquest into his death.
At Easter in 2018… Audio
Anti-money laundering compliance firm rakes in $30m
A local anti-money laundering compliance firm has received strong backing from overseas investors, amid growing scrutiny on global tax havens and money laundering.
Tokyo subway knife and fire attack leaves 17 injured
Tokyo Police have arrested a 24-year-old man following a knife and arson attack on a Tokyo subway that has left 17 people injured.
Case #029 - David McNee
David McNee was beaten to death in his own home in 2003.
His killer was found guilty of manslaughter after using a provocation defence referred to as the 'gay panic' defence. Audio
Pilot wins scathing court judgement against Civil Aviation Authority
A commercial airline pilot accused of being at risk of killing all his passengers has won a scathing court judgement against Civil Aviation.
The judge says the agency may have been primed to… Video, Audio
Peter Rasmussen homicide: Police appeal for info over vehicle of interest
Police have appealed for information over the movements of a car following the death of Auckland pensioner Peter Rasmussen, shot dead at his home in August.
Man with schizophrenia jailed under three-strikes rule gets sentence shortened
A mentally-disabled man has had his seven-year assault sentence reduced to six months after a resentencing in the High Court at Wellington today.
