Crime

Hayden Tasker, 32 appeared by video link from prison in the High Court at Wellington on Friday.

The final report from an advisory group on organised crime is calling on the government to urgently implement its proposed solutions.

Forensic experts are back at a house in the Tararua town.

Kanwarpal Singh stalked Zana Yaqubi for years, then killed her. Now, he wants an apology.

The 36-year-old was eventually taken into custody after officers used non-lethal sponge rounds and a taser.

The Automobile Association told Morning Report many of the penalties had gone unchanged this millennium. Audio

Eighteen-year old Maxwel-Dee Repia died on the roadside after being shot during a neighbourhood dispute.

It comes after the death of a man who unwittingly consumed one of the cans.

The company already stops people accessing photorealistic material made with artificial intelligence, and will soon block cartoon-style imagery too.

The person cannot be named.

Lucy Walsh was fined $10,000 for using her employer's identity to falsely declare she was licensed and carry out work she was not allowed to do.

Police say they have arrested a man they were looking for after spotting a vehicle of interest while on patrol.

A spate of arson attacks on cell towers in Wānaka and the wider Otago region has left people angry and worried about communication outages, as police urge locals to report any suspicious behaviour. Audio

Truck driver Sarah Hope Schmidt sent 45 Snapchat messages and received 85 while driving.

A 32-year-old who bound and assaulted an elderly man during a robbery failed to have his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.

A 19-year-old caught with dye-stained hands has been jailed, after helping uplift almost a kilogram of methamphetamine.

The Australian airline says there's no impact to frequent flyer accounts and that financial details have not been compromised.