Police

Police have reported another death after a second single-vehicle crash a little more than 12 hours after an earlier fatal crash was reported in Ngāhinapouri, southwest of Hamilton.

ACT Party leader David Seymour said he wrote to police about the treatment of Philip Polkinghorne because it's an electorate MP's job to pass on the concerns of their constituents. Audio

A 60-year-old Auckland man has been charged.

A man has died in a crash between a ute and a motorbike near Whanganui.

A man has been left with serious injuries after a road rage incident at a supermarket, and another has been arrested, police say.

Five people have been arrested following an incident at a property in the small settlement of Mākara, near Wellington.

Auckland's arterial Great South Road has been closed after power lines were brought down onto the road by a crash, police said.

A pedestrian has died after a crash in Northland, south of the Bay of Islands, police say.

Those involved left the scene in a Wellington suburb before police arrived.

Three people have died and commuters have been warned of delays in Auckland, Waikato and Napier, after a day of crashes and a police incident involving the Armed Offenders Squad.

Two loud bangs were heard after the armed offenders squad approached with shields.

Police have named the 11 year old cyclist killed by a car in Hawke's Bay as Emma Jane Kupa from Flaxmere.

A number of police vehicles are in attendance and armed officers were guarding the road.

An investigation has been underway since a member of the public found his body in a creek in Northland.

A police officer warned a man not to walk on the highway in the dark less than two hours before he was hit by a utility vehicle and killed.

Armed police are standing guard outside a building on Ghuznee Street.

Police are continuing to search for 24-year-old Travis, who has been missing since 17 January.

Police say they are checking how they use a system that identifies number plates and combats retail crime.