Police

Just one month after the Privacy Commissioner warned police to do better when it comes to number plate cameras and privacy, a detective pretended a car was stolen so they could track it.

Police still have no reliable way of recording who is being targeted by hate crimes, despite funding a dedicated team and hundreds of audits in the last year.

Police in Tairāwhiti are trying to find a person who may have a weapon.

Police have arrested six people in relation to robberies in the Auckland Suburb of Mount Albert.

Invercargill police are searching for what they believe to be a dark-coloured Toyota Hilux in relation to a hit and run in Invercargill on Sunday.

A person is in hospital with serious injuries after being assaulted when they helped a woman who was being chased by a man following a family harm incident.

A man has been hospitalised in a serious condition after a hit and run in Invercargill this morning.

Two men have been arrested in northern Hawke's Bay, after drugs, stolen property and weapons were seized from properties in Raupunga.

Surveillance camera networks that police used to track three Covid-infected women around Northland, are spreading widely around the country.

Police have named the cyclist who died in a crash involving an off-duty police officer in the Auckland suburb of Flat Bush.

An Auckland business owner is calling for funding for proactive community patrols in the aftermath of a smash and grab at a busy shopping centre. Audio

Three youths and a 19-year-old were arrested after two ram raids and a pursuit in Hawke's Bay.

The two men were arrested after allegedly attempting to take drugs off a ship docked at Port Chalmers in Dunedin.

Teachers at Cambridge schools will debrief students this afternoon, after a youth with a BB gun sparked a police hunt this morning.