Crime

Police say they will never contact people seeking their banking details, card numbers, pin numbers or passwords.

The hui was a "good start" but there is "still a lot of tension in the community", iwi chair says.

Hori Gage was shot dead in his car while parked on the road.

Found nearly 300km away, the tortoise had been given as a birthday gift.

Thomas Tahitahi sparked a manhunt after murdering Daniel Eliu at a South Auckland church.

Hawke's Bay Rugby has relocated all Tamatea Rugby Club games after a dramatic car chase and shooting.

Elijah Daveron is charged with attempted murder over a shooting in a Porirua carpark.

Hawke's Bay Rugby has called out a shotgun attack on a team van as "deplorable" and says match protocols were not followed.

It was "obvious" someone was hiding under the blanket, police say.

One of the workers raised the alarm with MBIE.

An investigation has been launched after shots were fired at a team van after a Hawke's Bay third division rugby match on Saturday.

The 32-year-old was charged after a woman was forced into a car and badly injured.

An employers' representative has welcome the news of a funding boost for downtown Auckland safety and security.

Adeena Paaske's "lightbulb" moment was the morning armed police burst into her Oamaru house, hand-cuffed her son, and then arrested her.

The central city business association says a police station downtown is still necessary to crack down on crime.

New video has emerged showing children playing chicken with a train and just clearing it as they jump into the Waikato River from a railway bridge.

Investigations into an aggravated robbery in Taupō and two aggravated robberies in Matamata have led to five arrests.