Residents ready to take matters into own hands after boy racers destroy road
Residents in Seddon are ready to take policing matters into their own hands, after boy racers covered an intersection in tyre marks. Aerial photographs show the State Highway one crossroad, notorious...
View ArticleNZ man charged with stabbing of Frenchman in Sydney
A New Zealand man has been charged following the stabbing of a Frenchman in Sydney. Emergency services were called to the Pacific Highway at Artarmon in the city's north about 10am on Tuesday after...
View ArticleWoman attacked at Gisborne campground on New Year's Day
UPDATED 9.54am Police in Gisborne are hunting a man who attacked a woman as she slept at a campground early on New Year's Day. The attack was sexually motivated, police said. The incident happened at...
View ArticleShop assistant knocks armed robber with broom
An armed robber fired a shot from a handgun as he held up a dairy in the Wellington surburb of Kilbirnie - but that didn't stop the plucky female shop assistant taking to him with a broom. The lone...
View ArticleName suppression refused for alleged pylon shooters
Name suppression has been refused to two men charged over the damage to power pylons that caused a 12 hour power blackout for the entire Far North. Nathan Cooper and Korey Pirini appeared in the...
View ArticleTeen charged in relation to Rhythm and Vines campsite sex attack
A 16 year old has been charged over an alleged sex attack on a woman in Gisborne on New Year's Day. It happened at the Showgrounds Park Motor Camp on the outskirts of the city. Police say a 24 year old...
View ArticleQld police save child from alleged child pornographer
Clever detective work by Queensland police has saved a four-year-old girl in Canada from an alleged child pornographer. A global search for the victim and accused molester began after Queensland...
View ArticleMan with crossbow hides from police in Taranaki
UPDATED: 1.04PMÂ A 39-year-old man has been arrested after firing a crossbow during a family violence incident in Taranaki. Police were called to the suburb Okato, near New Plymouth yesterday afternoon....
View ArticlePre-charge warning over Cambridge suspected road rage incident
Traffic backed up as two men exchanged blows in the middle of the road in Cambridge yesterday. The suspected road rage incident saw a 35-year-old man given a pre-charge warning. Matt Cummings, a...
View ArticleSix arrested after riotous party in Huntly
Six people have been arrested after a riotous party spilled into the street in Waikato. Â Police were called around midnight to break up the party in Huntly, which 60 people were attending. In the end,...
View ArticleCharges laid against man who fired crossbow
A man has been charged following a nearly 10-hour negotiation after he fired a crossbow during a family dispute. The 39-year-old was arrested about 2am on Sunday, after the armed offenders squad...
View ArticleMan fighting for his life following assault
UPDATED 4.14pm A Whangarei man is fighting for his life in Auckland Hospital after being being struck on the head with a piece of wood yesterday. Detective Senior Sergeant Dene Begbie said the serious...
View ArticleAttempted murder charges after Kerikeri crash
A man whose ute bowled three lamp posts in a serious crash near Kerikeri has been charged with attempted murder. Three children restrained in the back seat suffered bumps and bruises but no serious...
View ArticleMcDonalds stabbing in Napier
A 19-year-old man remained in hospital today in a stable condition with wounds received in a fight involving a knife at the McDonald's Restaurant in Napier. A second young male was treated and...
View ArticleMen plead not guilty to charges of street racing causing death
Two men charged over an alleged street race that killed four people near Hamilton Airport last year have pleaded not guilty. At the time, police said speed and alcohol were believed to be factors in...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to murdering wife Victoria Foster
A man's now admitted killing his former partner. Chazz Hall has appeared in the High Court in Napier this morning and changed his plea. He'd earlier said he wasn't guilty but now says he's guilty of...
View ArticleQueenstown Airport stop man boarding flight with concealed knife
Queenstown Airport security officials have stopped a man from boarding a flight with a concealed knife. Police says the 63-year-old was caught with the weapon hidden behind his belt buckle by Aviation...
View ArticleFootage of Huapai Golf Club robbery released
Rodney Police have released CCTV footage of an aggravated robbery at the Huapai Golf Club in Riverhead on Wednesday night. At around 9.18pm as the employee was closing up for the night, three men burst...
View ArticleTrio caught with $5 million worth of ecstasy at Auckland Airport
Three people have been caught trying to smuggle $5 million of ecstasy into the country at Auckland Airport. Customs said three foreign nationals, all aged 24, had tried to smuggle in the drugs from...
View ArticlePolice play down Whakatane gang brawl reports
Police are playing down reports of a gang brawl in Whakatane. Rumours have been circulating of a death during the clash yesterday, outside a funeral director's premises. Mongrel Mob and Black Power...
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