Auckland police shooting: Resident shot dead, three officers injured in Glen...
A man who set fire to a house and then opened fire on police is dead and three officers are injured after a standoff in West Auckland this morning. One officer was seriously injured and two colleagues...
View ArticleGlen Eden police shooting: Police Commissioner Andrew Coster reveals 'man...
More details have been revealed about today's police shooting in Glen Eden that left a gunman dead and three officers injured. Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said police had to deal with "very...
View ArticleGlen Eden shootout: One dead, four police officers injured - PM to meet...
A man has been shot dead by police and four officers are in hospital following two serious West Auckland incidents in the space of just 11 hours. This morning, police were called to a shooting incident...
View ArticleFigures show the rise in gang violence is spilling onto Auckland streets
The rise in gang violence is spilling onto Auckland streets. Figures released to NewstalkZB show that between March and June 2019, there were 287 Police call outs across the region, where a firearm...
View ArticleGlen Eden police shooting: Gunman killed, four police officers in hospital...
Investigators are trying to determine what provoked a West Auckland man to set fire to his Kainga Ora house then open fire on armed police before he was shot dead. The dramatic incident, which unfolded...
View ArticleGlen Eden police shooting: Man shot at neighbours who ran to his aid, police...
West Auckland residents are still shaken after running to the aid of a man who was fatally shot by police. Meanwhile, neighbours who filmed the shooting are being asked to assist with the...
View ArticleMarlborough Sounds double murderer Scott Watson declined parole for fourth time
Scott Watson was nervous today. After 22 years behind bars, for a heinous crime he still says he didn't commit, he hoped today would be the day he could be released. It was his fourth time before the...
View ArticleGlen Eden police shooting: Man was a former welder who 'kept to himself',...
A man fatally shot by police after a stand-off in West Auckland was a former welder, known as Tex, who had a large family and "kept to himself", a neighbour told the Herald. He opened fire on officers,...
View ArticleGang member numbers almost double around the country in five years
Gang affiliations around the country seem to be growing at a fast rate, with more than 8000 gang members now officially recorded in New Zealand. That is almost double the figure recorded by...
View ArticleGlen Eden shooting: Man shot and killed by police named as Tex 'Rex' Witika
Police have named a man shot and killed by officers in West Auckland this week. He was Tex "Rex" Witika, of Auckland. He was 55. Witika allegedly shot at police officers who arrived shortly before...
View ArticleDilworth School sex abuse investigation: Ross Douglas Browne, former vicar,...
Former Dilworth chaplain Ross Douglas Browne - described by his victims as a monster disguised as a Santa Claus-like mentor - has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years' prison after admitting to...
View ArticleChristchurch mother of 11-month-old baby who chewed meth bag sentenced to...
The mother of a baby who chewed on a bag of methamphetamine and who ended up distressed and barely sleeping or eating has today been sentenced to supervision. And she was told by a judge: "You are...
View ArticleAuckland Airport meth bust: Identities of alleged organised criminal group...
Most identities can be revealed of a group of baggage handlers at Auckland Airport and associates who deny smuggling more than 250 kilograms of methamphetamine into New Zealand. Name suppression...
View ArticleTe Kuiti's $2.5 million fraudster gets more jail after hidden bank account...
A former Te Kuiti woman labelled "callous and greedy" jailed for stealing $2 million from her employer has been given extra jail time after a secret bank account, concealing nearly $450,000, was...
View Article'He does not deserve to be released': Park Island gunman gets three year...
A man with more than 150 previous convictions has been sentenced to three years and three months back in jail for a rampage in which he opened fire on strangers in Napier sports reserve Park Island two...
View ArticlePolice escort bleeding man off Hawke's Bay property and shut down Napier street
A bleeding man has been taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital after an incident at a Napier address. The man was taken from the Nuffield Ave property, about 4.10pm, bleeding from a leg injury. Police had...
View ArticleGlen Eden shooting: Family of man shot by police attend blessing
Family of a West Auckland man fatally shot by police have carried out a blessing at the remains of his home, which was destroyed by a fire four days earlier and where a firearms standoff ensued. Tex...
View ArticlePolice kept busy with bad behaviour on Auckland's first night of freedom
Aucklanders swept into bars and restaurants for their first night of freedom under the traffic light system yesterday, however police have been kept busy dealing with many getting very drunk. The...
View ArticleMan shot at West Auckland home overnight
A man has been taken to hospital after being shot at a home in West Auckland. Detective Senior Sergeant Megan Goldie said police were called to a Woodford Ave property in Henderson just before 12.30am...
View ArticleDilworth School sex assault investigation: 30 alleged abusers
Warning: Distressing content At least 30 people have now been accused of historic sexual abuse at Dilworth School - including students who allegedly offended against younger classmates. While 11...
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