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A police officer who drove 2.5 times the speed limit during an unjustified chase, and then hit and injured a civilian who they falsely claimed had backed into them, has avoided a conviction.

A former professor of indigenous studies at the Auckland University of Technology says any discussion around gangs needs to remember why they were formed in the first place.

A lawyer fighting cannabis prosecution cases says she's seeing a surge in the number of people being taken to court for using or supplying the drug as a medicine.

A Waikato man who claims he was giving cannabis free to elderly people for pain relief has been raided and charged by police.

A Waikato man who claims he was giving cannabis free to elderly people for pain relief has been raided and charged by police.

The Royal Commission has heard from a man who was put into the adult psychiatric hospital Cherry Farm when he was just nine.

Police in Waikato are asking for the public's help to find a missing fisherman in Raglan.

In today's sports news - Messam back for the Chiefs, Leicester close in on Champions League spot, All Blacks to play in Wales, and F1 confirms sprint race.

Two police officers were assaulted during a routine traffic stop in the Hamilton suburb of Fairfield just after midnight.

The Easter road toll has climbed to seven after a motorcylist died at the scene of a crash in the Far North this morning.

Waikato Mayor Allan Sanson is urging motorists to take care, after two people died in crashes in the region this Easter.

Crashes on two state highways have left one person critically injured and blocked lanes, causing delays.

Across the country, police are approaching innocent young people, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it all to a national database.

Parliament hears from hundreds of public submitters each week but some stand out a little, like the Mongrel-Mob Kingdom, from Waikato.

The bill put forward by National MP Simeon Brown "clearly targets" Māori and Pasifika, the Mongrel Mob says, and they believe the bill is purely to gain votes.

Auckland Councillor Efeso Collins has hit out at the show for its depiction of Māori and Pacific men. Production company Screentime emphatically denies accusations of racist framing.

An Auckland councillor is calling on TVNZ to scrap the reality show Police Ten 7 over what he says are racist stereotypes.

Police have launched a homicide investigation into a man's death in Morrinsville. He was seriously injured and later died in hospital.

Six people have been arrested in Waikato this morning after several cars were stolen.

A detective re-investigating the Red Fox Tavern shooting and robbery has insisted another man who was considered a suspect was not responsible for the crime.