Crime

Andrew Mercer was driving erratically and aggressively when he swung onto a road and his partner jumped off the trailer.

Name suppression for a woman accused of murdering well-known Far North businessman Monty Knight has been extended.

A judge, sentencing Hone Daniels after a jury found him guilty of the Hamilton robbery, has even labelled it as "entertaining".

The group went on to target another address just an hour later, where a woman was held for two hours as they demanded money.

A 14-year-old was arrested after an Opawa dairy owner was stabbed during a robbery on Tuesday.

The 17-year-old is set to appear before the Youth Court on a number of charges, including burglary, aggravated robbery, and wounding.

The 23-year-old man will be appearing in Court on charges of entering agricultural land with intent and wilful damage for graffiti.

It has been five months since police investigating the American student's death announced they had found a machete close to where he was attacked.

Under scrutiny week questioning, ministry CEO Andrew Kibblewhite said it was a hypothesis, but that more investigation was needed.

The teacher was one of two to face disciplinary charges over the incident after a staff party in December 2022.

Māori are being undercounted by around six percent, masking the true scale of incarceration and its impact on whānau, a new study says.

We look at the government's nine key goals and see what it's achieved so far.

The court will hear evidence on an extension of time for the terrorist to appeal his conviction and sentence in February next year.

It comes amid a Corrections review of a risk assessment tool used in deciding whether prisoners are suitable to share a call, after two suspected murders in nine months.

A teenager has been arrested after the incident. Audio

Awarua RSA president Ian Becker said the theft showed a complete lack of respect. Audio