Third man arrested over NZ's biggest cocaine bust
A third man has been arrested over the biggest cocaine bust in New Zealand history. Police revealed at a press conference this afternoon a second Mexican national had been arrested in Christchurch in...
View ArticleTwo arrested in India for allegedly planning to ferry more than 100 refugees...
Two men have been arrested in India for allegedly planning to ferry more than 100 refugees to New Zealand. Indian media are reporting the arrests of the men, who were detained after an operation in the...
View ArticleHow police busted open horse head coke plot
A top secret police investigation has pulled off the biggest cocaine bust in New Zealand history. Auckland police revealed the $14 million seizure yesterday. The 35 1kg bricks of high-grade cocaine...
View ArticleCafe staff taken at knifepoint in aggravated robbery
Two staff at a Hawke's Bay cafe are recovering after an aggravated robbery last night. A man went to the Horse and Hound Cafe and Bar in Hastings around 10:30 and confronted two staff with a knife....
View ArticleThree arrests after "traumatic" petrol station smash robbery
Three people have been arrested after a south Auckland petrol station was invaded and cigarettes and cash taken. A terrified worker was alone inside the Z Station on the corner of Great South Rd and...
View ArticlePolice release CCTV image as cocaine-seize investigation continues
Police are seeking a man in relation to the country’s biggest ever cocaine bust. The man may or may not know anything about the $14 million haul, police said, but they wanted to speak to him to see if...
View ArticlePolice want help with armed robbery at Dunedin TAB
Dunedin Police are searching for a man after a local TAB was robbed last night. The man entered the Hillside Road TAB just after 8pm and confronted staff with a firearm. Police want to hear from anyone...
View ArticleHorsehead cocaine accused to appear in court
The men accused of importing cocaine inside a diamante-encrusted horse will appear in Court this morning. More than 30 kilograms of the class-A drug, with an estimated street value of $14 million, was...
View ArticleWoman admits stealing to fund pokies habit
A Christchurch woman with power of attorney over an intellectually disabled woman has today admitted stealing more than $110,000 over six years to fund her pokies gambling habit. The 66-year-old...
View ArticleMen charged in NZ's biggest cocaine bust appear in court
A third person charged over the biggest cocaine bust in New Zealand history has appeared in court in Christchurch this morning. The 29-year-old Mexico national was arrested on Saturday in relation to...
View ArticleArmed Police cordon off Rangiora streets
Streets around Rangiora were cordoned off during a police operation to arrest a man this morning. Residents report seeing a number of police cars arriving in the Canterbury township about noon with...
View ArticleTeen charged after assaulting elderly man
A teenage girl has appeared in court over an aggravated robbery which has left an elderly Hastings man in hospital. Chanel Te Ana Allen has been charged in the Hastings District Court with wounding...
View ArticleAssault victim not expected to survive
A man who was seriously assaulted in Lower Hutt in the early hours of Sunday morning isn't expected to survive. The man is in Hutt Hospital with a serious head injury after being found on Seddon Road...
View ArticleMan accused of murdering Renee Duckmanton named
The man accused of murdering Christchurch woman Renee Duckmanton can be named for the first time. Sainey Marong, a 32-year-old butcher from the Christchurch suburb of Ilam who is understood to be...
View ArticlePolice call for information on foiled Riccarton armed robbery
Canterbury police are calling for information from the public, following an attempted armed robbery of a Riccarton dairy last night. The man tried to enter the Division Street Dairy in Riccarton by...
View ArticleMoko killers' criminal history released
UPDATED 5.35PM The couple jailed for killing 3-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri have more than 100 previous convictions between them, the Herald can now reveal. LISTEN ABOVE: NZ Herald reporter Anna Leask...
View ArticleSerco employees involved in RSA assault - claims
Private prison company Serco is once again in the spotlight, after allegations its employees were involved in a pack attack on an RSA. Two patrons had to be hospitalised after the incident on Friday...
View Article'We've seen this all before' - former Children's Commissioner on Moko's case
A former Children's Commissioner says it's time our laws caught up with the common ways children are killed in New Zealand. MORE: Moko killers' criminal history released It's been revealed the pair...
View ArticlePolice cracking down on dangerous drivers today
Police will be out in force on Auckland roads today cracking down on dangerous driving. Drivers using mobile phones, not wearing seat belts, running red lights, speeding, or driving drunk or drugged...
View ArticleInternal Affairs talk tough after child porn sentence
Relief from the Department of Internal Affairs, after a Christchurch man was jailed for possessing thousands of images of children being sexually abused. Rhys Firth has been jailed for four years and...
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