Crime

A Dunedin man who drank two beers for breakfast after celebrating the birth of a friend's baby was more than four times the legal limit when stopped by police.

Rajnish Trehan needed stitches and dental work after being punched by a man who didn't pay. Audio

The arrested woman and the victim were known to each other, police say.

Police in Northland have launched a homicide investigation into the death of an injured man left at Kaitaia Hospital.

Two men have been arrested in relation to the death of a man in Grey Lynn Thursday night.

Well-known Auckland social media personality Pebbles Hooper has failed in her effort to avoid a conviction for a slew of charges involving her online activities.

The pair then stole a member of the public's car and took off on Transmission Gully.

In bringing charges against the father of an accused shooter, prosecutors are implementing an emerging legal approach as the United States grapples with mass gun violence in schools.

Police will be talking to residents of the Auckland suburb this weekend as they investigate a neighbourhood dispute that escalated into a fatal shooting.

All were in the North Island and involve people killed since 1 August - half were in Auckland.

Sentencing for a man who admitted having more than two million child pornography files was adjourned until December.

The SPCA said in August 2022 the offender was seen kicking and throwing his brown and white male bull terrier named Klanga.

If someone had been strangled by another person, Dr Stephen Cordner said more often than not, there would be additional injuries to the body which indicated an assault.

The incident involved "a small number of staff and young people and resulted in one minor injury", Karen Chhour says.

A man was killed and three wounded in Auckland's Grey Lynn, in what police say was a fight between two groups that started as broken windows and escalated.

The charges following the US school shooting stem from Colin Gray "knowlingly allowing" his son, Colt Gray, to possess a weapon, officials say.

The arrests comes almost a year after a fatal fire.

Analysis: While the government has argued the new rules will act as an effective deterrent to gang membership, it is not clear how these laws will stand up.