Meth bust nets long list of contacts
Hundreds of people who've had contact with an Auckland drug ring will be getting a call from the police. Detectives busted a group of dealers in raids on the city's North Shore this week, netting a...
View ArticleHunt continues for armed man
Police are continuing their hunt across the greater Auckland area today for an armed and dangerous man who was at the centre of Friday's massive manhunt in Northland. Joshua Mason Kite, 33, sparked the...
View ArticlePolice looking for armed man in Thames after AOS callout
Police have released the name of an armed and dangerous man they're looking for in Thames. The Armed Offenders Squad searched an house yesterday in relation to wanted man Rameka Wikaira. He's...
View ArticleLarge police presence spotted in Warkworth
UPDATED 8.28PM: A Northland man, who has been missing since Friday, is still on the run after a police search warrant in Kaiwaka proved fruitless this evening. Joshua Mason Kite, 33, has a history of...
View ArticleSearch continues for Northland fugitive
The search continues this morning for a man police say fired a gun at two officers. Joshua Kite has been on the run since the incident in the early hours of Friday morning in Whangarei. The search for...
View ArticleBashed man's Police interview played during Mongrel Mob trial
UPDATED 2.43PM: A man who allegedly fell victim to a 16 hour gang bashing managed to chew his way free after one of his captors dozed off. Dawson Reihana said they beat him with knuckle dusters,...
View ArticlePolice to investigate after viral video
Police have launched a full investigation into a viral video in which a police officer appears to push a teenager off his bike and up against a fence. The Facebook clip shows a group of teenagers...
View ArticleFootage of one-punch assaults released
UPDATED 4.45PM: Auckland Police are releasing footage of two serious one-punch assaults in the CBD as they try to find the offenders. The seemingly unrelated, unprovoked, coward punch attacks happened...
View ArticleNew burglary policy following an increase in burglary rates
UPDATED 4.39PM: The Police Minister's backing a new police policy on burglaries. As of today all break-ins will be attended by police, with burglary being reclassified as a priority offence. The...
View ArticleBrawl between students outside South Auckland KFC
UPDATED 7.46PM: There are claims tonight that up to a hundred people gathered outside a South Auckland KFC outlet tonight before a massive brawl broke out inside. About 30 students burst into the store...
View ArticleAlleged drink-driving mum appears in court
A 34-year-old Ngaruawahia woman who allegedly drove drunk while her son was sitting on her lap has appeared in Huntly District Court this morning. She faced four charges. Tahi Mary Mahu has been...
View ArticleKim Dotcom wins bid to live stream appeal
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has won a bid to livestream his battle against extradition to the United States on YouTube. The 42-year-old Megaupload founder has this week returned to court to appeal...
View ArticlePolice investigate two aggravated dairy robberies in Chch
Police are investigating the aggravated robbery of two Christchurch dairies yesterday afternoon. The first occurred at around 1pm at the Curletts Road dairy. In this incident a male entered the store...
View ArticleAuckland KFC brawl: 'We're all over it', say Police
UPDATED 4.37PM Police sent a car to the scene of a mass, armed brawl in the Auckland suburb of Mangere before fighting broke out - but say officers left because the crowd hadn't done anything. Five...
View ArticleChristian man sentenced to home detention after caning children with bamboo
UPDATED 8.06PM A domestic abuse charity has condemned the actions of a man who beat his child with a bamboo cane, under the guise of parental discipline. The South Canterbury man, who has permanent...
View ArticlePossible gang connections probed after KFC brawl
Auckland Police are working to identify the culprits behind a massive brawl at a Mangere KFC. As many as 80 teenagers took part in the fight - some brandishing wooden clubs, chairs, and even a knife....
View ArticleLynfield College accounts manager "got a buzz" from stealing
An account manager who embezzled more than $400,000 from the school where she worked, splashed out on flash clothes and overseas trips. Rhonda Merle Crabb, 64, spent almost 20 years at Lynfield College...
View ArticleDriver lucky to survive Bourbon bottle thrown at windscreen
Police say a Hawke's Bay man's lucky to be alive after an Jim Beam bottle was hurled at his car. It smashed through his windscreen late last night as he was driving on the local expressway. Police...
View ArticleBurglaries behind rise in crime stats
UPDATED 12.26pm Burglaries are the main reason behind an increase in reported crime in New Zealand over the last year. The official crime statistics for the year ending July 2016 were released today...
View ArticleUnion organiser who uploaded child pornography images "a broken man"
A former union organiser and activist who uploaded 44 indecent images to a child pornography website has been described as a "broken man" who has "lost forever his good name" by his lawyer. Joseph...
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