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No officers turned up when Tokoroa District Court staff called police about violence brewing at the court between rival gangs in May, papers have revealed.

Three people have died in a crash between a car and a truck on State Highway 1 at Huntly, in Waikato. Audio

Two people have been arrested days after uniforms, handcuffs and batons were stolen from a Waikato police station.

Police uniforms, handcuffs and batons are among equipment stolen from the Te Awamutu Police Station.

Institutional bias remains in the police, justice advocates say, after figures suggested Pākehā were let off twice as often as Māori.

A Taranaki man tried on 40 sex charges committed over almost 20 years has been found guilty of 33 of the offences.

Pākehā are nearly twice as likely to be let off for minor offences than Māori, a new report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority has shown.

Race and class played a role in the community service sentence given to a wine magnate's son for assault, says a Māori academic. Audio

A baby seriously hurt when an SUV hit his stroller in a Bay of Plenty town yesterday is still in a critical condition.

An 11-month-old boy and a two-year-old girl are in hospital after a crash in Pukehina, with the woman who was with them also seriously injured. Audio

One person is dead after a car and campervan crashed near Kopu, south of Thames, this morning.

NZ Rugby will work with anti-sexual-violence advocate Louise Nicholas to help educate players and the rugby community following the Chiefs scandal. Audio

A jury has found Quinton Winders guilty of murdering George Taiaroa, who was operating a stop-go sign in Waikato. Audio

NZ Rugby has cautioned the Chiefs after investigating allegations players abused a woman performing as a stripper. Video, Audio

The man accused of shooting a roadworker dead does not know what happened, because he was not there, his lawyer says.

Witnesses have given varying descriptions of the vehicle police believe was used in the fatal drive-by shooting of George Taiaroa. Video

A homicide investigation has started in Hamilton following the death of a man thought to have been attacked with a blunt instrument.

The defence team for a Taranaki man on trial for 49 sex offences has attacked the reliability and credibility of the Crown's witnesses.

A woman has appeared in the Hamilton District court over the assault of an elderly man in her care.

Rare paintings are missing, feared stolen, from a Māori trust board in Waikato.

Police say their investigation of a fatal crash at Waimangu, south of Rotorua, has now established that three - not two - vehicles were involved.

Three men and a 13-year-old have been arrested after a drunken brawl involving up to 60 people in Tokoroa overnight.

Short-term emergency housing for abusive family members, designed to get them away from their victims, will be funded by the government.