Crime

The wrench went through an open bus window and hit the driver in the head, resulting in an injury above his eye.

Ricky Mullen was sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment.

A police vetting officer ultimately recommended the terrorist receive his gun licence as he "appears to be a sound person who shows good attitudes and safety sense".

Three patched members of the Tribesmen have been arrested for allegedly driving dangerously in South Auckland.

Two men, one accused of murdering an 18-year-old found in a burned-out car in a Hawke's Bay, have been given a trial date.

One of the gun licence referees told a lawyer to "sit down" and refused to answer her question, while the other threatened to walk out a lawyer was "annoying" him.

Luke Smith died after an assault on Wellington's Courtenay Place. His mother is demanding the state help pay for him to be repatriated to South Africa.

The daughter of a woman killed says family and friends are struggling to understand how something so horrible could have happened to such a lovely person.

A man critically injured in an assault at his Western Heights, Rotorua home in September has died.

Two teenage girls have been charged after robberies aboard an east Auckland bus route.

A vetting officer who interviewed referees put forward for the terrorist's firearms licence application told an inquest he already knew them and had no reason to doubt their responses, integrity or…

A heavy reliance was also put on the terrorist's referees being firearms licence holders themselves, an inquest has heard.

Not being able to provide a relative who lived in New Zealand as a referee for a firearm licence application was not a reason disqualify it, an inquest has heard.