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Police have made a number of arrests in Waikato after uncovering firearms, cash and drugs as officers carried out lockdown compliance vehicle stops.

Hapū from northern Ngāti Porou have set up a fixed road checkpoint at Te Araroa after authorities refused to do so.

Cambridge police searching for 79-year-old Julie Guest have found a body in the Waikato River.

The Road Transport Forum says transport officials have told it that "small extensions" to lockdown are creating too much uncertainty to repeat exemptions.

Kāwhia residents have shelved their hospitality towards visitors and holiday homeowners during lockdown.

Twenty-one new cases were announced today with numbers tipped to rise next week; a security guard is spat on at a supermarket and students at two Auckland schools and SkyCity casino test positive.

People are being urged to only get tested if they are a contact, visited a location of interest or have cold and flu symptoms.

There have been 11 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the community in New Zealand this afternoon, including three in Wellington, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.

Police force used against a pregnant woman, her husband and her sister has been backed by an independent investigation.

Hamilton police this morning impounded four vehicles as part of an operation targeting street racing and anti-social behaviour on the roads.

An unsafe media climate for trans athletes like Olympic weightlifter Laurel Hubbard puts the discussion of trans inclusion in sport at risk of being dehumanising and based on ill-informed fears, says… Audio

Police computer systems have been ill-prepared to cope with a disaster like a major hack.

A year ago, a trial of armed police teams was scrapped with opponents adopting the slogan ‘Arms Down.’ One year on, some in the media are now amplifying calls for arming all officers after the death…

A counter-terrorism expert says there is no reason to lay charges against a woman linked to the Islamic State.

National Party leader Judith Collins says the police commissioner was "wrong" to put a stop to the Armed Response Teams, and is calling for them to be reinstated. Audio

In today's sports news - Late change to All Blacks, Oly Whites beaten by Australia, Pledger returns to the court and Pogacar wins again.

The man who was shot dead by police in Hamilton fired a military-style semi-automatic weapon at officers.

A police officer was injured when he fell and hit his head during the incident in Hamilton last night where a man was fatally shot.

Police say they were confronted by an armed man and shots were fired by both officers and the man.

Emergency services are responding to a serious crash involving a car and a pedestrian in Waikato.

Two people have been been arrested after a police officer was shot during a routine traffic stop in Hamilton last night.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his neglected young son while the family was staying in emergency housing last year.