Fleeing driver hits two police cars
UPDATE 11.23AM: Police officers have been injured during a police pursuit through Tauranga CBD. A street in central Tauranga has been reopened after it was the centre of a police investigation this...
View ArticleExtradition imminent for New Zealander accused of murdering family
A New Zealand resident suspected of the murders of his mother, stepfather and 14-year-old half brother is about to be extradited back to South Korea. Sungkwan Kim will be extradited on Thursday after...
View ArticleAccess to Hawke's Bay river closed after theft, fires, vandalism and rubbish...
Crime is out of control at Hawke's Bay's Ngaruroro River. Escalating crime at Hawke's Bay's Ngaruroro River has forced the closure of four of its access points. The regional council has decided to...
View ArticleHitchiker becomes police 'guest' longer than bargained for
A hitchhiker has got more than she bargained for in Gisborne. The woman was picked up in Wairoa by a motorist headed North yesterday. But during the trip she realised she was going the wrong way and...
View ArticleMan shot in Wellington
Police are responding to reports of a man with gunshot wounds in Lower Hutt. They have closed in on Pharazyn Street in Melling. Police say a firearm has been recovered and there is not considered to be...
View Article40-year-old man loses licence after doing 'donuts'
A 40-year-old man has lost his licence after police caught him doing "donuts" on a busy intersection in Whanganui. Frank Harry Mohr pleaded guilty to sustained loss of traction when he appeared in the...
View ArticleTwo arrested after drug lab bust in Auckland
Two men have been arrested after police discovered a clandestine drug-making lab in Auckland. The "active" lab was found after two search warrants were carried out at properties in Mt Roskill and...
View ArticleKitten torched in animal cruelty incident in Gore
Police are searching for the people who deliberately burned a 4-month-old kitten in Gore. The kitten, called Hazel, was torched on January 16 at an address on Sword St between 7am and 1pm. Hazel...
View ArticlePolice seeking man with gang connections
Police are seeking a heavily tattooed and "dangerous" man with gang connections. Shannon Watene, 38, is wanted for driving-related offences and failing to appear yesterday at the Manukau District...
View ArticleLarge stash of drugs, guns and cash found in West Auckland
A stash of guns, $2.5m cash and 2kg of meth have been found at a Te Atatu property by police who were called to break up a couple of men fighting with golf clubs. A 48-year-old man has been charged...
View ArticleTourist attacked while trying to stop racial abuse
An Australian tourist in Wanaka has been attacked while trying to help a man who was being racially abused. Detective Alan Lee said three men assaulted an Australian tourist when he intervened in what...
View ArticleFormer Shortland Street actor Rene Naufahu sentenced for indecent assault
Listen above as one of the victim's mothers speaks with Tim Wilson on Newstalk ZB. Well-known New Zealand actor and sex offender Lee Rene Naufahu has been sentenced to one year of home detention for...
View ArticleScared, anxious, 'absolutely sick': Rene Naufahu's victims speak out
This morning actor Lee Rene Naufahu was sentenced to one year of home detention for indecently assaulting six women. The offending took place between 2011 to 2013 in Naufahu's Auckland acting...
View ArticlePrison for man who impregnated an impaired teen
Making pregnant a severely mentally impaired teenager with no idea how babies came into being has confined Joseph Michael Stickings, 42, behind bars for five years. The painter and decorator, who was...
View ArticleDylan Nuku: Man who allegedly shot taxi driver 'schizophrenic'
A man who allegedly shot a Wellington taxi driver is schizophrenic and may be unfit to stand trial, according to his lawyer. Dylan Nuku, 26, made an appearance in Wellington District Court, via video...
View ArticleVandalism kills hundreds of salmon
Police are on the hunt for vandals in Dunedin, after hundreds of salmon were found dead. The Dunedin Community Salmon Trust is responsible for breeding thousands of salmon and releasing them into the...
View ArticleHomicide probe after attack on teen in Auckland CBD
Police have launched a homicide investigation after an 18-year-old died following an attack while sitting in a car at traffic lights. Eli Holtz was assaulted at the intersection of Wellesley St and...
View ArticleNorthlander admits guilt in Brethern Church crash tragedy
A Northlander has admitted causing the deaths of his wife and daughter and a fellow Brethren Church member. Russell Stewart, 49, was initially charged with three charges of aggravated careless driving...
View ArticleMan in court accused of killing teen at traffic lights
A Bulls man has appeared in court this morning to face a manslaughter charge after the violent death of a teenager in downtown Auckland. Eli Francis Holtz, 18, was assaulted at the intersection of...
View ArticleTwo well-known Kiwi music producers convicted of rape jailed
Two well-known Kiwi music producers found guilty of raping a woman in a Tauranga motel room have been jailed for eight-and-half-years. Hip-hop music industry identities Mark Arona, 40, and Peter John...
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