Search for assailant after elderly man attacked in park
Police are still searching for the person who attacked an elderly man at a park in Remuera in Auckland on Wednesday afternoon. A 72-year-old man was playing with his grandchildren at Little Rangitoto...
View ArticleAOS called, man arrested in shotgun scare
One man has been arrested while two others remain at large after police surrounded an Auckland apartment building, looking for a man with a shotgun. Police first responded to reports a man had been...
View ArticleGisborne police seize more than 900 cannabis plants
Gisborne Police have seized more than nine-hundred cannabis plants from a bush area, north of Gisborne. The maturing plants were taken near Te Araroa over the weekend. Detective Sergeant Kevin Ford...
View ArticleShotgun wielding robber hits Harewood Tavern
Police are hunting for a man who entered a tavern with a sawn-off shotgun and stole money. Just before midnight, the man entered the Harewood Tavern in Christchurch. Detective Andrew Owens said: “There...
View ArticleMan charged over retirement home bomb threat
A man has been charged after a weekend bomb threat at a Northland rest home. Almost 30 people from the Shalom Rest Home in Whangarei had to be evacuated in hot temperatures on Saturday. A hoax call...
View ArticleMan flees on bike after aggravated Woolston robbery
A man has fled on a bike after an aggravated robbery at a Christchurch petrol station. He threatened employees with a knife and demanded cash at Mobil Woolston at 10pm, police said. It was not known...
View ArticleTruck crashes close roads in Timaru, Taranaki
Two serious truck crashes - one involving a chemical spill - have closed roads in Timaru and Taranaki this morning. Emergency services are at the scene of a serious truck and trailer crash on State...
View ArticleShots fired in Auckland robbery
A gun has reportedly been fired during the robbery of a south Auckland bar. Police say they were called to Hunters Inn in Papatoetoe about 4.30 this afternoon to reports of a robbery. Two men were...
View ArticleLocals want Miramar tyre slasher to do community penance
Locals want Miramar’s tyre slasher to pay penance by getting behind the lawn mower. Yesterday 52-year-old David Francis Johns appeared in Wellington District Court and pleaded guilty to a spate of...
View ArticleShotgun wielding robber hits Harewood Tavern
Police are hunting for a man who entered a tavern with a sawn-off shotgun and stole money. Just before midnight, the man entered the Harewood Tavern in Christchurch. Detective Andrew Owens said: “There...
View ArticleMan charged over retirement home bomb threat
A man has been charged after a weekend bomb threat at a Northland rest home. Almost 30 people from the Shalom Rest Home in Whangarei had to be evacuated in hot temperatures on Saturday. A hoax call...
View ArticleGuilty plea in Te Atatu murder trial
UPDATED 11.21am: Jaden Lee Stroobant has this morning pleaded guilty to murdering West Auckland mother Cun Xiu Tian in her family home. Stroobant, 19, was set to go on trial in the High Court at...
View Article20 arrested after massive drug bust in Hawke's Bay
A massive drug bust in Hawke's Bay has led to 20 arrests. A five-month operation to stop the ongoing supply of methamphetamine and cannabis has wrapped up, after 11 search warrants were executed...
View ArticleMan flees on bike after aggravated Woolston robbery
A man has fled on a bike after an aggravated robbery at a Christchurch petrol station. He threatened employees with a knife and demanded cash at Mobil Woolston at 10pm, police said. It was not known...
View ArticleTruck crashes close roads in Timaru, Taranaki
Two serious truck crashes - one involving a chemical spill - have closed roads in Timaru and Taranaki this morning. Emergency services are at the scene of a serious truck and trailer crash on State...
View ArticleShots fired in Auckland robbery
A gun has reportedly been fired during the robbery of a south Auckland bar. Police say they were called to Hunters Inn in Papatoetoe about 4.30 this afternoon to reports of a robbery. Two men were...
View ArticleShotgun wielding robber hits Harewood Tavern
Police are hunting for a man who entered a tavern with a sawn-off shotgun and stole money. Just before midnight, the man entered the Harewood Tavern in Christchurch. Detective Andrew Owens said: “There...
View ArticleMan charged over retirement home bomb threat
A man has been charged after a weekend bomb threat at a Northland rest home. Almost 30 people from the Shalom Rest Home in Whangarei had to be evacuated in hot temperatures on Saturday. A hoax call...
View ArticleNurofen fined $1.08m over painkiller claims
Nurofen's distributor has been slapped with a $1.08 million fine for the "blatant misleading" of the public about targeted pain relief. At the Auckland District Court this afternoon drug giant Reckitt...
View ArticleMan flees on bike after aggravated Woolston robbery
A man has fled on a bike after an aggravated robbery at a Christchurch petrol station. He threatened employees with a knife and demanded cash at Mobil Woolston at 10pm, police said. It was not known...
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