Police

Darshak Narran, 43, was found on the side of a road after an attack.

Martyn Blake was acquitted after a three-week trial while the victims family said they were left with "the deep pain of injustice."

Boaties helped rescue those in the water after a capsize on Auckland's Manukau Bar.

A driver running from police has slammed into another vehicle at an intersection, leaving three people seriously injured, police say.

Three people have been left with injuries from disorder and assaults, with police officers scrambling to a firearms incident in Auckland and a fight in Hamilton.

Police have targeted drivers who do laps of Invercargill's CBD before going to organised skid meets in rural locations.

Two people have been killed in separate crashes in Waikato.

The data is anonymised and researchers can't use it to identify or link victims and offenders.

Police have been told public trust is on the line over getting technology in place to find and delete all the photos of people they should not have stored.

Police are searching for a missing 12-year-old girl, Franque, who was last seen in Manurewa.

Darcy had been missing since Sunday afternoon.

Two people were in serious condition after a reported gas leak.

Police were called to the single vehicle crash on State Highway 1 around 4.10pm.

Police have thanked a member of the public who stopped a patrol car to tell them about a drunk driver.

Four are scheduled to appear in the Auckland District Court on Monday, with another set to appear in the Auckland Youth Court.

Temuera Wakefield, who is 29, has not been seen since July, police say.

It is one of four Search and Rescue incidents in the Southern District within the last week.