Crime

The person dialled 111 after seeing three offenders allegedly steal a cash box from the store in Bucklands Beach.

Experts say NZ's three Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts are far more effective than prison rehab - and they want more of them.

There are indications some of the incidents may be linked. The pattern is hugely concerning, police say.

Two 19-year-olds are set to appear in court today after being arrested following a serious assault in Pukekohe.

Four out of the six petrol stations attacked recently have been Caltex-branded, police say.

The incident is at least the sixth in a week at service stations across the Auckland region.

A Melbourne area woman whose body was found inside a bin beside a dirt road in regional Victoria has been remembered as a "lovely", "friendly" person who adored her young son.

Princess Diana's younger brother says he was targeted by a female member of staff at Maidwell Hall in the 1970s.

The prison watchdog expects to finish visiting all 18 of the country's jails before the end of the month.

A new book by an AUT health professor, A Litany of Sound Revisited, outlines the roots of family and sexual violence among Māori.

The axe is about to fall on a drug and alcohol screening service in two district courts.

And an injured dog may be key to finding out who did it.

A cannabis grower's stash has gone up in smoke after an ill-advised call to the cops.

Police are not seeking anyone else in relation to the death, but further charges cannot be ruled out.

When police arrived, both vehicles "fled at speed in different direction".

Devotees in Gurinderpal Brar's temple were recruited to carry out the gruesome attack.