With students back in school, police have a message for young people: Kia whakaute... respect your mates, don't share their nudes. 'We are seeing an increase... Read More

An enraged man told police he planted a bomb in a car while brandishing what appeared to be a detonator - putting a Rotorua suburb into lockdown. Police... Read More

Tauranga toddler Sadie-Leigh Gardner spent her final days grizzly and irritable with a worsening cold. She had a quiet Wednesday morning at her grandmother's... Read More

A group of youth offenders will today begin the government's new boot camp pilot in Palmerston North. The Oranga Tamariki-run programme involves ten boys... Read More

WARNING: This story is about family violence A man left an imprint of his boot on his partner's forehead and face after stomping on her after an argument... Read More

In true Search and Rescue fashion, a carabiner and rope took the place of a ribbon for cutting at the launch of the new Central Plateau Emergency Management... Read More

Police have arrested three people over foreign exchange scams, and warn that fraudsters are continuing to target the Chinese community. Police say they arrested... Read More

'Night owl” volunteers from Community Patrols of New Zealand (CPNZ) keep watch in the shadows as the eyes and ears of police. But Katikati patrollers... Read More

A farm worker has died in a workplace incident in the Waikato. Police say they were told about the incident on a farm near Morrinsville just before... Read More

Some were laid to rest in unmarked paupers' graves. Some were cremated, their ashes scattered over the hospital rose garden. Others were wrapped in... Read More

Pāpāmoa residents are being 'terrorised” by people throwing rocks at their homes, causing thousands of dollars of damage and smashing a window, which... Read More

After 11 years, and three High Court murder trials, Black Power member Hendrix John Kahia has been found not guilty of Wiremu Birch's murder in a dark... Read More