Crime

The jury at the murder trial of an Auckland eye surgeon have heard evidence of how his wife could have died.

The Children's Minister says she and colleagues decided against officials' advice about the best way to combat serious youth offending.

The 79-year-old was arrested during an investigation into accusations of sex offending when he was part of the secretive sect.

The alleged offender made two theft attempts in the same night - but was caught by security.

Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Thompson said the 31-year-old handed himself in at the police station.

The men face charges of threatening to kill, burglary, and possessing drugs for supply.

Philip Polkinghorne was the one in the relationship to deal with finances, his former accountant has told the jury.

Police say a man had been shooting pigeons at his home - which borders the school - with a BB gun.

Police have released the name of the man killed in Onehunga on Saturday night.

A man and woman charged with the murder of a man in Auckland's Mt Wellington on the weekend have been granted interim name suppression.

The 32-year-old was granted interim name suppression and remanded in custody.

Police say officers are committed to bringing these activities to a halt and holding people to account.

The 18-year-old was killed two years ago today, later found in a burnt-out car near Havelock North.

A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after a person was stabbed in Mount Wellington on Saturday afternoon.

Two people have been injured, one seriously, in a fight in the Hawke's Bay town overnight.

Two people have been arrested and a homicide investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed to death in Mount Wellington, Auckland, police said.

A man blackmailed another man he met through Tinder, threatening to tell his family about his sexual preferences, a court has heard.