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Police say a homicide in Ōtorohanga appears to be the result of a road rage incident.

A homicide investigation has been launched after a man in his 30s died on the main street of Ōtorohanga this evening.

There's been a bittersweet reaction to a King Country man and his three children walking out of the bush alive with many asking how could the situation have arisen.

The missing King Country family that were found safe and well today had been living in a tent in dense bush, police have revealed this afternoon. Watch this afternoon's update from police here.

An officer who struck a man four times while trying to remove him from a patrol car used excessive force, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.

The search for the missing King Country family is being suspended after a 12-day operation that has not produced any sign of them.

A 57-year-old man has been charged after the fatal assault of a woman at a flat in Hamilton.

A man has been charged after allegedly editing an official text message to say he had a positive Covid-19 test.

The new plan from police to train up more officers for higher-risk situations is being described as a worrying step towards a fully armed force.

Figures obtained by RNZ have revealed New Zealand police used spit hoods on 117 children and young people between 2016 and 2020.

Police and the government are adamant that permanently deploying 200 officers with armed offenders squad skills to specialist units will not lead to routine arming of police by stealth.

A man who later tested positive for Covid-19 evaded security at North Shore Hospital to visit another person there.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged after refusing to wear a mask in a supermarket and then allegedly punching a customer in the face.

An Otago student is isolating after allegedly breaching lockdown by travelling from Auckland to Dunedin without an exemption.

There has been a 49 percent increase in injuries recorded as a result of firearms crime in Auckland city over the past year and a half, compared with the two years previous.

Why could a recently released prisoner cross the Auckland boundary and how was he infected? Political reporter Katie Scotcher traces his steps.

Auckland to move down an alert level, 22 new community cases, the new MIQ booking system, the Waikato situation, the Māori King endorses the vaccines, and gang associates nabbed with a car load of KFC…

Auckland will move to alert level 3 from 11.59pm on Tuesday night, and stay in level 3 for at least two weeks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.

Justice Grace, 21, of Waitara, died in Waikato Hospital on Sunday. He had crashed his car while fleeing police on 9 September.

The National Māori Pandemic Group says Auckland should remain in alert level 4 and Waikato should also go into lockdown after three new cases were identified in the region.

Three household members of a remand prisoner with Covid-19 have tested positive for the virus, Ministry of Health says.

Family and friends scoured the rugged King Country coastline today at Marokopa and Kiritehere beaches today, but still had no luck finding Thomas Phillips and his children, or any items of interest.

Police are appealing for more information as the search for a missing man and his three children last seen near a beach in Marokopa on Saturday evening continues.

Searchers are focusing on the Marokopa coastline in the mission to find Thomas Phillips and his three young children, as photos of the missing family are released.