Te Atatu residents asked to report anything suspicious
UPDATED 10.23PM: People living on Auckland's Te Atatu Peninsula are being asked to report anything suspicious, after an elderly woman's body was found.Police say the 70's y
View ArticleOthers may have been attacked prior to Pert
It's emerged other women may have been attacked on the day Auckland woman Jo Pert died.The 41-year-old was killed ten days ago on her morning run in the suburb of Remuera.Today's He
View ArticleWoman charged after pinning woman to tree
A 50-year-old Beachhaven woman has been charged after an incident on Auckland's North Shore.She's alleged to have pinned a 55-year-old woman to a tree in a vehicle yesterday afternoon on Sa
View ArticlePolice need help in Te Atatu homicide
A post mortem examination carried out on Te Atatu grandmother Cunxiu Tian has revealed she died a violent death, being struck several times around the head and face.Police in west Auckland
View ArticleMan arrested after car set on fire in Clyde
A 29-year-old Dunedin man's in trouble for reportedly threatening a woman with a knife and throwing a beer bottle at a police officer.Police were called to a vehicle that had been set on fi
View ArticleCall for public info on brutal killing
West Auckland police are urging the public to come forward with any information as the investigation into the brutal killing of a 69-year-old woman in Te Atatu continues today.MORE:
View Article'Young and dumb' driver caught doing 177 km/h
A speeding driver told police he was "young and dumb" after he was caught doing a whopping 177 km/h on a main Waikato road last night.The Waikato Road Policing Team are branding the young d
View ArticleFake guns brandished in Chch
Two teens have been referred to Youth Aid and a woman will appear in court following two incidents involving imitation pistols in Christchurch.Armed police arrested a 47-year-old woman who
View ArticleHutt Valley man absconds from bail
A notorious criminal is on the run after breaching his electronic bail on Friday.Police have issued a warrant to arrest Mathew Kidman for breaching his electronically monitored bail after h
View ArticleWoman in Nia Glassie case back in court
A woman who played a part in the abuse of Rotorua toddler Nia Glassie has been in court again, this time on driving and shop-lifting charges.Oriwa Kemp was one of five people jailed for the
View ArticleCorrections investigating Christchurch sex offender
Corrections is investigating whether a Christchurch child sex offender has breached his release conditions.Allen Malsen was convicted of 22 crimes against children in 2000, and on Friday dr
View ArticlePolice: Armed robbers had inside knowledge of venue
Christchurch police believe the two men who robbed the St Albans Shirley Club and cable tied one of its staff members to a table, had extensively scoped out the premises.The pair were waiti
View ArticlePolice: Te Atatu attacker will have blood on their clothes
The attacker who killed Te Atatu grandmother Cunxiu Tian will have blood on their clothing from the prolonged attack.Senior Sergeant Robert Smalls has made the announcement to press at the
View ArticleVigil to be held in close-knit community
Investigators will remain at the scene of a brutal murder in Auckland for a week or more as they slowly and meticulously work through the scene examination.Cunxiu Tian, 69-years-old, was ki
View ArticleElderly person scammed out of life savings
Canterbury police are investigating scammers who have duped an elderly Methven person out of their life savings.After a barrage of phone calls over the weekend to a visually impaired person
View ArticleTeen appears in court over crash that seriously injured 16yo
A teenager has appeared in court, charged following a New Year's Day crash that left a girl with life threatening injuries.Police allege 19-year-old Ethan Clarke had been drinking when he d
View ArticleTe Atatu killing: Man in green tracksuit sought
Police investigating the death of a woman in West Auckland are appealing for sightings of a man in a green and white tracksuit.The body of 69-year-old Cun Xiu Tian was found in her Te Atatu
View ArticleDope-dealing teacher censured
A teacher convicted in June last year for growing cannabis and selling it to a teenager has been censured by the Teachers' Disciplinary Tribunal.Jeanette Saxby was a provisionally registere
View ArticleHot-tubbers bemused by beachside bath snatch
Dunedin hot-tubbers have been left bemused after someone snitched their beach-side bath.Andrew Last set up his friend's custom made hot tub on the beach in-front of his Waipuna Bay property
View ArticleFormer councillor's murder trial to begin
Former Napier councillor Peter Beckett will be tried for murder today in British Columbia, Canada.After years of delays, the former New Zealand politician's murder trial will begin Tuesday
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