Men armed with hammers rob Michael Hill store at Auckland's at NorthWest...
Shoppers and staff at a busy Auckland shopping mall watched in horror as two men armed with hammers robbed a jewellery store, smashing their way into display cases. The smash and grab robbery at...
View ArticleArrest after Auckland strip club shooting mayhem, man in court on gun charges
Police have arrested a man after a gun was fired at an Auckland strip club. The Herald revealed the shooting and brawl happened at Calendar Girls on Auckland's Karangahape Rd at 3.25am on November 22....
View ArticlePolice review into Christchurch mosque attacks response revealed
The police response on the day of the Christchurch mosque attacks was "exemplary", but some changes could help improve future responses, an independent review has found. The deployment of staff after a...
View ArticleRaglan shooting: Bianca Buckley confronts killer Mark Garson
A man who fatally shot an Australian surfer in his campervan at Raglan has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 15 and a half years. Mark Ronald Garson, 24, entered...
View ArticleThree men face charges seven years after Roast Busters case
Two men have been charged and a warrant issued for a third man more than seven years after members of the "Roast Busters" allegedly boasted on social media about having sex with drunk and underage...
View ArticleGrace Millane's murderer due to be named tomorrow as Court of Appeal set to...
The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane is due to be named tomorrow morning unless New Zealand's top court intervenes. In August, the killer took his case to the Court of Appeal in an...
View ArticleHamilton homicide: 'Blood curdling' screams heard before woman died
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT A Hamilton woman was outside smoking a cigarette when a series of "blood curdling" screams pierced the night. It would be the beginning of a horror night for those involved...
View ArticleGrace Millane's murderer makes 11th hour Supreme Court bid for continued...
The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane has asked New Zealand's Supreme Court to make an urgent 11th-hour order continuing his name suppression. In August, the killer took his case to the...
View ArticleWoman in court over Otago University grad ceremony threats
A 22-year-old woman will be appearing in court this morning after Otago University graduation ceremonies were pulled at the last minute over security threats. Southern District Commander superintendent...
View ArticleSupreme Court orders last minute suppression for Grace Millane's killer
The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane has lost his conviction and sentence appeal. Earlier today, New Zealand's Supreme Court made a last minute order suppressing the identity of the...
View ArticleGrace Millane murder appeal: 'A brief encounter; a date, with death its...
"A brief encounter; a date, with death its conclusion. A young woman, Grace Millane, died; a young man, the appellant, is now serving a life sentence for her murder. He accepts his actions caused her...
View ArticlePolice charge 21-year-old dog owner over the death of one-day-old baby in...
A man has been charged after a dog fatally mauled a one-day-old baby at a Hamilton house. Baby Jackson died in Waikato Hospital 24 hours after being mauled at his Enderley home in October. His mother...
View ArticlePolice 'rephrase' pursuit policy around fleeing drivers
Police will only chase fleeing drivers if there is a threat before the start of the pursuit and if there is a need for the driver to be apprehended immediately. Police stress there has been no change...
View ArticleEagle helicopter, police cars, Fire and Emergency truck used to catch wanted man
Police used an Eagle helicopter, a Fire and Emergency vehicle, and its Armed Offenders Squad to apprehend a wanted man in central Auckland last night. The incident started when the man, who was wanted...
View ArticleGrace Millane murder case: Supreme Court to release suppression decision on...
New Zealand's Supreme Court will release its decision tomorrow morning on whether the man who murdered Grace Millane will be publicly identified. The country's top court emailed the killer's legal...
View ArticleDancer says she lost everything the night a labourer molested her
text by Rob Kidd, Otago Daily Times A woman who was molested by a labourer in a bar says she has lost everything since that night. The victim, who was working as an exotic dancer at the club on July 18...
View ArticleNew Zealand gang recruits grow by 13% this year, police data shows
By RNZ Police believe almost 900 people joined a gang this year, a 13 per cent increase on the year before. Police data shows they have identified a little over 7000 people as belonging to a gang,...
View ArticleRadio host stabbed multiple times in South Auckland driveway in attack
A controversial Auckland radio host is fighting for his life in hospital after being stabbed multiple times in his driveway in an attack his friends claim was religiously motivated. Harnek Singh, 53,...
View ArticleTeen hurt after Christmas Day hit and run; Blenheim police seeking vehicle
A 17-year-old pedestrian was hospitalised on Christmas Day after being involved in a hit and run. Blenheim Police are seeking witnesses to the incident or the vehicle itself, a small, dark-coloured...
View ArticleDrunk men allegedly waved guns at beachgoers on Dunedin's Tomahawk Beach
Two allegedly drunk men were arrested after waving an air rifle and imitation pistol at members of the public on a Dunedin beach. Acting Sergeant Richard Kupenga said police were called at 9.15pm...
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