Truck 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 ArticleMan shot by police in Canterbury
UPDATED 2.50PM: A 24-year-old man is extremely lucky to be alive after being shot in the face by police in Christchurch this morning. Two officers were completing a investigation in Woolston when an...
View ArticleSuspicious fire destroys Ngaruawahia shed
A fire has destroyed a shed in Ngaruawahia. The blaze broke out just after 5am on Murphy Lane in Taupiri. Fire Service northern shift manager Megan Ruru says fire was 10 by 30 metres in size and is...
View ArticleNZ authorities involved in massive drug bust
UPDATED: 2.31PM A New Zealand man is at the centre of a massive Australian drug bust. The man, who's in his 60s, is the owner of a yacht that was found to have 1.4 tonnes of cocaine on board when it...
View ArticleDetails of Christchurch police shooting suppressed by court
Details of a police shooting in Christchurch early on Saturday morning have been suppressed by a court. A man who was allegedly shot in the incident has appeared from custody at Christchurch District...
View ArticleHawke's Bay assault victim in critical condition
Police are appealing for information about an unidentified assault victim in the Hawke's Bay town of Haumoana. The man was found unconscious about 7am on Monday and taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital, where...
View ArticleBike thieves' escape route ends up with cliff rescue at Eastbourne in Wellington
A dodgy escape route chosen by two bicycle thieves ended up with one on them and a police officer being rescued from a cliff face in Wellington. A 26-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman have both been...
View ArticleNew sex assault charges filed against prominent actor
Two new charges have been filed against a New Zealand actor who is accused of sexual assault. The man, who has name suppression, pleaded not guilty in a trial that was abandoned after two days in...
View ArticleReports of shooting in Whakatane
UPDATED 2.41pm: A firearm's been discharged towards the floor at an attempted armed robbery at a Whakatane berry farm. Two people have been hit by pellets and were treated by ambulance at the scene for...
View ArticlePrisoner allegedly assaulted by guard
Corrections have launched an investigation into claims a guard assaulted an inmate at one of New Zealand's toughest prisons. Labour Party corrections spokesperson Kelvin Davis was told a serious...
View ArticleMan to be charged after high-speed police chase
A 22-year-old man is in hospital after a high-speed police chase in the Waikato this morning. Police attempted to stop the vehicle which was being driven dangerously on State Highway One north of...
View ArticlePolice seeking information on Hamilton crime spree
Police would like to hear from the public regarding a group of people on a crime spree in Hamilton. The group of six men and a woman have stolen cars to commit robberies and make vicious threats. A...
View ArticleRacist attack on Muslim NZer not unique
UPDATED 3.46PM: A 27-year-old woman has been arrested following an alleged racist attack on a woman in Huntly which was caught on video. Mehpara Khan, 28, was on a road trip with friends yesterday when...
View ArticleAttempted abduction in Auckland CBD
UPDATED 6.16PM Police have this afternoon given more details about the man who abducted a woman in Auckland's CBD today. Officers are at Copeland St where the woman in her mid-20s is said to have...
View ArticleHunt continues for Auckland kidnapper
UPDATED 5.52PM Police have released CCTV footage of a car believed to be involved in the abduction of a woman in Eden Terrace, Auckland. The footage shows the car approaching the no exit end of Haslett...
View ArticlePolice consider racist attacks to be charged as hate crime
UPDATED 5.34PM Government ministers say they don't see the need for a specific hate crime offence in New Zealand because such offences are rare. Police Commissioner Mike Bush said today that police and...
View ArticleWoman who abused Muslim woman bailed to Auckland property
A 27-year-old woman who admitted assaulting and abusing a Muslim woman has been bailed to an Auckland house. Megan Sarah Louise Walton's performance was caught on video by her victim who was abused...
View ArticleAuckland abduction: 30-year-old man in custody
A 30-year-old man has been remanded in custody after appearing in Auckland District Court over the alleged abduction of a woman in broad daylight. The man, whose name cannot be revealed, faces charges...
View ArticleDunedin cleaner who killed boss jailed for at least 12 years
The Dunedin cleaner who killed his boss in a brutal hammer attack was today jailed for at least 12 years. Alexander James William Merritt killed 51-year-old Karin Ann Ross in the car park of the...
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