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Teenager found guilty of manslaughter in Dunedin stabbing case

A 14-year-old boy has been found guilty of manslaughter but acquitted of murdering 16-year-old Enere Taana-McLaren in Dunedin last year. The verdict was delivered unanimously...

Fatal crash following fleeing driver incident in Penrose

One person has died, and two others have been critically injured, after a driver allegedly fled from Police and crashed early Sunday afternoon. Shortly before...

Police updates – Whangarei, Hamilton and Kaikohe homicide investigations

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 16 March 2025. Murder charge in Kaikohe homicide Police investigating the homicide in Kaikohe have filed a murder charge. Emergency...

Waikato police seek sightings of Black Ford Territory in connection with Hamilton homicide

Waikato Police have launched a homicide investigation following a fatal incident on Beatty Street, Melville, in the early hours of the morning. Emergency services were...

Homicide investigation launched in Kaikohe

Northland Police have launched a homicide inquiry after a man died south of Kaikohe today. Emergency services were called to a property on Mangakahia Road,...

Tokoroa aggravated robbery – police want help to identify three thieves

Tokoroa Police investigating an aggravated robbery of a commercial premises continue to appeal for information to assist in the investigation. Detective Sergeant Neale Saunders says...

Name release – Hokowhitu homicide

Police can now release the name of the man who died following an altercation in Te Awe Awe Street on 11 March. He was Juan...

Jailed real estate fraudster Aaron Coupe drops name suppression appeal

Convicted real estate businessman Aaron Coupe has abandoned his appeal for permanent name suppression after being sentenced to four years and five months in...

Second funeral director arrested in Auckland cemetery investigation

Police have arrested a second funeral director as part of an ongoing investigation into the mishandling of burials at Auckland’s Waikumete Cemetery following the...

Sexual predator sentenced to 23 years

John Hope Muchirahondo, a 39-year-old from Christchurch, was sentenced to 23 years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of 10 years in the High Court...

Man charged over email threat that locked down Waiuku College

A 20-year-old man has appeared in the Manukau District Court after an email threat sent on Wednesday led to Waiuku College going into lockdown. The...

Man in court after fleeing driver incident in Shannon

A man has been remanded in custody following an incident in Shannon on Wednesday morning that involved a crashed car, a fleeing driver, and...

Fourth person taken to hospital after taking unknown substance

A fourth person has been in hospital overnight after ingesting an unknown substance in Wairarapa. Police were called to a Masterton home about 8.50pm on...

Investigation ongoing following serious assault, Hastings

An investigation is ongoing following a serious assault in Hastings this morning. Around 5:50am Police were called to a Flaxmere address where a man was...

Masterton Church fires: Wanted man ‘likely avoiding Police’

A man wanted in relation to seven acts of arson in Masterton last month is likely getting help to evade arrest. At 4.25am on 22...

South Auckland councillor calls for urgent action on anti-stalking law

Angela Dalton, a South Auckland councillor, is urging lawmakers to prioritise a proposed Bill addressing stalking and digital harassment after enduring cyberstalking herself. She told...

Groomer teacher named

Whanganui High School teacher Jason Shepherd has been named as the offender who groomed two students over four years. He was sentenced to 10½ months...

Man charged over Grey Lynn bus incident

Police can advise the man sought earlier over an alleged indecent assault is now in custody. The incident occurred aboard a bus in Grey Lynn...

Four charged over Auckland Pride Festival protest

Four people have been charged in connection with a protest at the Te Atatū Community Centre during the Auckland Pride Festival on 15 February. Police...

Name release, Christchurch homicide

Police can now name the man who died in Mairehau on the evening of Sunday 9 March. He was 39-year-old Tyrone Munns, from Mairehau. A scene...

Brierley faces new charges for possessing child abuse material

Disgraced New Zealand businessman Ron Brierley, 87, has been hit with three fresh charges of possessing child abuse material following a court appearance in...

Auckland EV vandal arrested after spray-paint attacks

A 52-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a string of vandalism incidents targeting electric vehicles in Auckland. Since March 9, six reports of...

Pukekohe death treated as a homicide

Police are investigating the death of a man in Pukekohe at the end of last year as a homicide. Counties Manukau CIB has been investigating...

Appeal for information following Frankton fire

Hamilton Police are continuing to investigate an arson at a commercial premises in Frankton. At around 11:30am yesterday, Police were called to the Ellis Street...

HelloFresh NZ faces criminal charges over misleading subscription reactivations

The Commerce Commission has filed criminal charges against HelloFresh NZ, alleging the company misled former subscribers during cold calls between February 2022 and July...

Investigation launched after overdose incident in Wairarapa

Police are making enquiries after three people were hospitalised in the Wairarapa at the weekend after ingesting an unknown substance, which they believed to...

Homicide investigation underway after man’s death in Christchurch

A homicide investigation has been launched following the death of a man in Mairehau, Christchurch, on Sunday night. Emergency services were called to an address...

Methamphetamine and cash seized in Hawke’s Bay

A Hawke’s Bay man is before the courts facing a number of charges, including drug related, after he was arrested following a vehicle stop...

Northland lawyer struck off for sharing child sex abuse material

Vaughn Hill, a 46-year-old lawyer and former co-director of a Far North law firm, has been permanently banned from practicing law after being caught...

Police investigating unexplained death in Northcote Point

Police are making enquiries into an unexplained death in Northcote Point on Friday afternoon. At around 1.29pm, a Police unit was flagged down by a...

Former St Peter’s School teacher jailed for historic sexual offenses against pupils

Geoffrey Coker, a 75-year-old former teacher at St Peter’s School near Cambridge, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison on Friday...

Investment scam: Aucklander guilty of money laundering – police respond to verdict

A man has been found guilty of money laundering almost $2 million obtained from two Kiwi victims of a term deposit scam. This week, a...

Arrest made following investigation into injured Dargaville baby

Police investigating an incident involving an injured five-month-old baby in Dargaville have today made an arrest. "A 22-year-old man has been charged with wounding with...

Unexplained death being investigated in Wairoa

An investigation has been launched after the death of a man in Wairoa yesterday. Emergency services were called to a Lucknow Street address about 4pm...

Police follow new lead in West Coast cold case investigation

Tasman Police are following a new lead believed to be the last sighting of David John Robinson before his execution-style murder in 1998. The new...

Bikes seized after fleeing driver incidents in Porirua

Police have arrested a man in Cannons Creek this morning, after a search warrant was executed in relation to fleeing driver events in the...

Charges laid in relation to Selwyn drug operation

Four people are up for sentencing before the courts, with multiple others facing a range of charges following a drug operation in Selwyn. The operation...

Canterbury Police want to identify this man

Canterbury Police want to identify the man in this photo. "We are hoping he can assist with an ongoing enquiry into an incident in Christchurch...

Wellington teacher disguised as drug dealer exploits student for sex

A Wellington teacher manipulated a 14-year-old student into a sexual act by posing as a drug dealer named "Joseph," exploiting her with offers of...

Arrests made following Waikato aggravated robberies

Yesterday police made an arrest in relation to two aggravated robberies in the Waikato East area. On Friday 28 February, Police were alerted to four...

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