Stolen Christchurch car bursts into flames after pursuit
UPDATED 7.43am: A police pursuit in Canterbury has ended in spectacular fashion, with a stolen car bursting into flames. Police stopped three offenders in a stolen car around 11PM last night near...
View ArticleTearful scenes at Duckmanton case review hearing
There have been tearful scenes as a man charged with killing Christchurch woman Renee Duckmanton entered a not guilty plea at the High Court. The 22-year-old sex-worker's body was found burnt on a...
View ArticleHamilton City Council sentenced over zookeeper's death
UPDATED 4.02PM The husband of a zoo curator who was mauled to death by a tiger at Hamilton Zoo has called the sentence handed down to the council over safety failures 'a farce'. Hamilton City Council...
View Article11 students referred to Youth Aid following KFC brawl
Nearly a dozen high school students will be referred to Police Youth Aid after last month's violent brawl in South Auckland. The brawl, which broke out at Walter Massey Park in Mangere East, spilled...
View ArticleCannabis reform would ease police pressures: campaigners
Decriminalisation campaigners suggest ending cannabis arrests could go a long way towards easing the workload for the police force. Rallies will be held outside 26 police stations around the country at...
View ArticlePolice recover gear stolen from police station
Police have nabbed a man they allege took police uniforms and gear from the Te Awamutu police station. They say the 24-year-old arrested on Thursday, who remains in custody, is responsible for a spate...
View ArticleTwo stabbed in Temuka
At least two people are understood to have been stabbed in the small South Canterbury town of Temuka this evening. A southern ambulance communications spokesman said paramedics had taken two people to...
View ArticleArrest after Temuka double stabbing
Police have made an arrest after a stabbing in South Canterbury which left one person with critical injuries. It happened at a house on Whitcombe Street in Temuka last night. Police arrived to find two...
View ArticleWomen accused of bashing mother still on the run
The two young women who viciously beat a 65-year-old woman in Auckland are still on the run. Nancy Voon was sitting in her car outside the Panmure YMCA on Wednesday when she was attacked. She suffered...
View ArticleLower Hutt police release image of armed robber
Police are on the hunt for a man following an aggravated robbery in Lower Hutt this morning. They have released a CCTV image showing a man in a dark jacket - and they're asking if anyone can identify...
View ArticleBrutal carjacking: Victim now talking
The 65-year-old woman who was viciously pulled from her car and beaten by two young girls is now able to talk. Her son said she's likely to be discharged from hospital this week. Nancy Voon was in her...
View ArticleFrench tourist who 'lost the plot' in Punakaiki to appear in court
A French tourist who attacked signs and abused locals in Punakaiki - supposedly because he was stranded in the township - had been arrested by police. Greymouth Police Senior Sergeant Paul Watson says...
View ArticleSpate of thefts around Christchurch
Christchurch Police says they are investigating a number of thefts at dairies, service stations and other locations across the region. Police have released photos from the Sawyers Arms BP and the Z...
View Article17-year-old charged following brutal carjacking
UPDATED 5.35pm A 17-year-old charged over a violent carjacking which left a woman in hospital, is also charged with 14 burglaries. Nancy Voon was dragged from her car in Panmure last week and bashed -...
View ArticlePlucked Kiwi carcass strung up on fence
A Northland man recently discovered a gruesome sight as well as a sinister tale when he found a dead kiwi that had been plucked of most of its feathers. The bird was found hanging from a fence....
View ArticleMan arrested after Dargaville ram-raid
Police have caught up with a man suspected of being behind a dramatic early morning ram-raid in Northland, that's mangled a motorcycle dealership. Three stores in central Dargaville were broken into...
View ArticleVolunteers help clean up after charity burglary
Volunteers are cleaning up after a Wellington charity was burgled and vandalised. The second-floor office of Dress for Success on Boulcott Street was broken into Tuesday night, with cash, jewellery,...
View ArticleCalls for compensation to be given to those affected by Corrections blunder
After a Supreme Court ruling yesterday found the Corrections Department miscalculated the release date for two people behind bars, calls of compensation are coming from both lawyers and current and...
View ArticleMan arrested following stabbing at 21st birthday in Lower Hutt
A man is in a critical condition after being stabbed at a 21st birthday party in Lower Hutt. Emergency services were called to a house in Naenae around 2.30am after reports of a disturbance at a party...
View ArticleSentencing decision in Wellington child sex abuse case "offender-friendly": SST
A judge's sentencing decision in a child sexual abuse case has been described as "offender-friendly" by a conservative justice lobby group. A Wellington man was sentenced to six years and nine months...
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