Police believe Mongrel Mob involved in fatal New Year's Eve assault
UPDATED 10.53am: A number of people have been arrested in the Northland township of Moerewa, as police investigate a fatal New Year's Eve bashing.Police believe Mongrel Mob
View ArticlePolice seeking witnesses after Taupo assault
Taupo Police are seeking witnesses after a man was knocked unconscious in a seemingly unprovoked attack early on New Year's Day.A group of revelers near the lake front had stopped to speak
View ArticleSpecial needs school attacked by vandals
Vandals have targeted New Zealand's only rural special needs school, breaking windows and spray painting the word "retard" on classrooms.The attack at Goldfields School in Paeroa, northern
View ArticleGang link alleged after Lee Rata killed
Police believe Mongrel Mob members assaulted 35 year old Lee Rata on New Years Eve in Northland.Lee Rata was found on the side of the road in Kaitaia, and later died from his injuries in Wh
View ArticleSwans critically injured in shooting
UPDATED 3.45pm: Canterbury SPCA is condemning an attack which left two swans critically injured after being shot by an armed intruder in Christchurch.Swan Lake Gardens owne
View ArticleRemuera murder accused in court today
Auckland Police say they don't know if a fatal attack on a runner in Remuera was an isolated incident.A 24-year-old man will appear in Auckland District Court this morning charged with mur
View ArticleChch Boys' High blaze treated as suspicious
Investigators will today comb through a building at Christchurch Boys' High School to find out what sparked a suspicious early morning blaze.It took three crews two hours to extinguish the
View ArticleFour arrested after Raglan pursuit
Four people have been arrested after an incident in Raglan which ended in a police pursuit and car crash.Shortly after 6pm last night police responded to reports of a car being broken into.
View ArticleMurder-accused appears in court, gets name suppression
A Mount Roskill man accused of murdering a woman in Remuera has been granted interim name suppression.The woman died on a stranger's front lawn in Shore Road after being attacked yesterday
View ArticleWoman killed during morning run named
The woman killed while out for her morning run yesterday was Joanne Marie Pert.Ms Pert was 41, and the mother of a seven-year-old son and six-year-old daughter.Her name was suppress
View ArticlePolice searching for private CCTV footage of Remuera homicide
UPDATED 3.00pm: A woman killed on a suburban Auckland street has been described as intelligent, an avid sportswoman and devoted mother.Jo Pert was attacked on Thursday whil
View ArticleMan shot in leg in Hamilton
A man has had surgery today after he was shot in Hamilton early this morning.The man arrived at Waikato Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg not long after residents on Higgins Road, Di
View ArticlePolice search for Christchurch bar burglar
Police have released a snap-shot taken from CCTV footage of a person who's wanted in relation to a burglary at a Christchurch bar.Police say the man was wearing a balaclava and a tartan ban
View ArticleFuneral for slain mother to be held in hometown
A mother of two killed while out on a run in Remuera will be farewelled in a funeral on Wednesday.The ceremony for Joanne Pert will be held in her hometown of Raetihi.Friends of M
View ArticleBus driver robbed at knifepoint
Police want to track down two men who robbed a Christchurch bus driver at knife-point over the weekend.The driver was in Broadhaven Park in Parklands on Saturday night when the incident too
View ArticleProlific trespasser guilty of 'lingering' around young boy
A Christchurch judge has found prolific trespasser Margaret Dodds guilty of lingering around a young boy in a local park.At a judge-alone trial today the serial offender argued she wasn’t
View ArticleBroadcasting cruelty a worrying trend: SPCA
Two Gisborne men have been convicted on charges of wilful ill-treatment to animals after they spurred their dogs on to attack live goats who were tethered and trapped.The men tried to claim
View ArticleCyclist hit by car in Mission Bay
Police are on the scene in Auckland's Mission Bay where a cyclist is believed to have been hit by a car.St John has confirmed the man has been taken to hospital in a serious condition.
View ArticleGun wielding bar burglars caught on camera
Police are asking the public to help identify three people caught on camera in a South Auckland bar during a gunpoint robbery.The Happy Days restaurant on Great South Road Manurewa, was rob
View ArticleAlleged attacker found hiding under bed
A man wanted by police for two alleged assaults on Auckland women, including one with a weapon, has been arrested after he was found hiding under a bed.Antoni Manase Kalekale, who goes by t
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