Grandfather who sexually abused teenage granddaughter jailed for incest and...
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A grandfather who sexually abused his teenage granddaughter – even using her Jack Russell puppy during one depraved attack – has today been jailed for nearly five years....
View ArticleAuckland shooting: Shots fired into innocent Māngere family's home
An innocent family was lucky to escape serious injuries or death after shots were fired at their Māngere home overnight. Forensics and detectives are swarming the cordoned off house on Yates Rd that...
View ArticleUndercover cop car rams stolen vehicle after it smashes into another police car
A man has been arrested after hitting a police car in a stolen vehicle before being rammed to a halt by a second undercover cop car in West Auckland. The stolen vehicle was spotted in Te Atatu...
View Article'Exceptionally frightening': 20 shots fired at innocent family as gang...
Police say it's "very, very lucky" an innocent family escaped death when more than 20 shots were fired at their home in what is believed to be a case of mistaken identity amid rising gang tensions. A...
View ArticleHomicide investigation launched after person found dead in West Auckland
A homicide investigation has been launched after a person was found dead at a property in West Auckland this morning. Police confirmed officers were called to a property on Great North Rd in New Lynn...
View ArticleNapier mum who murdered terminally ill daughter spared life sentence by judge
A judge sentencing a woman who admitted murdering her terminally ill adult daughter has been spared the usually mandatory sentence of life imprisonment in a rare decision in the High Court in Napier....
View ArticleHeavy police presence in New Lynn as homicide investigation underway into death
West Auckland residents are being warned to expect a heavy police presence this afternoon after a person died outside a New Lynn motel earlier today. Police were called just after 10am to the New Haven...
View ArticleCovid-19 Delta outbreak: Two separate attempts to flee MIQ facilities in...
By RNZ A Covid-19 case fled a Hamilton MIQ facility this morning by removing a section of fencing and jumping into a waiting car, but was stopped by police a few minutes later. It was one of two...
View Article'Uncontrollable anger': Killer offers no reason for bludgeoning couple
A man who stabbed and bludgeoned a Dunedin couple to death has not yet explained why he killed them. Wiremu Paul Namana (50), a former youth social worker, appeared in the High Court at Dunedin...
View ArticleTeenager killed in Christchurch shooting, murder inquiry launched
A homicide investigation has been launched after a teenager's death late last night at an address in the northern Christchurch suburb of Casebrook. Detective inspector Michael Ford said police...
View ArticleChristchurch shooting: Man charged in connection with alleged murder of...
A 46-year-old man has been charged in connection with the alleged murder of a teenager in a suburban Christchurch park this weekend. And while they are still seeking the person who pulled the trigger,...
View ArticleGloriavale 'star' leaves secretive Christian sect, reunites with family outside
One of the young "stars" of the infamous television shows documenting life in the Gloriavale Christian community has left the secretive group and is now living on the outside. Pearl Valor and her...
View ArticleCanterbury shooting: Three people arrested in relation to Connor Whitehead's...
Three more people have been arrested following the fatal shooting of Christchurch teenager Connor Whitehead at a party in the city on Friday night. Canterbury Police say two women aged 36 and 43 have...
View ArticleChristchurch driver stands trial over tragic Port Hills crash that killed two...
One of two sisters killed in a crash on the Port Hills above Christchurch messaged a friend just seconds before the fatal accident to say, "Bro I'm going to die tonight", adding, "Haven't gone so fast...
View ArticleChristchurch fatal shooting: Trio charged over Connor Whitehead's death
Three people charged in connection to the death of a teenage boy shot dead at a birthday party in Christchurch at the weekend have all been remanded in custody while the police probe is ongoing, and a...
View ArticleChristchurch fatal shooting: Teen at party shot dead in apparently 'random'...
The 16-year-old shot dead outside a birthday party in Christchurch at the weekend may have been an innocent bystander and victim of random gunfire allegedly sprayed into a crowd. With police understood...
View ArticleChristchurch fatal shooting: Man, 32, charged with murdering teen Connor...
A 32-year-old man accused of shooting dead a teenager outside a Christchurch party at the weekend has been kept in custody, while police remain on the hunt for another suspect allegedly connected to...
View ArticleViolent incident on Auckland motorway caught on video
Police are investigating after a video attack on a busy Auckland motorway that was captured on video and shared online. Video of the incident, which took place on Monday afternoon on Auckland's...
View ArticleAuckland shooting: New Lynn victim identified as father-of-two Robert James Hart
The man "senselessly killed" in a shooting in West Auckland was a father of two young children. Police have named Robert James Hart, 40, as the man who died on a driveway on Great North Rd in New Lynn...
View ArticlePolice try to assume people's online identities to gather information
By Guyon Espiner for RNZ Police are trying to assume the online identities of suspects and defendants by taking over their social media and email accounts to gather information. Defence lawyers...
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