Crime

Paramedics spent more than six minutes parked and needed to be convinced to proceed to Linwood Islamic Centre, an Australian police officer says.

Vandals have ripped out $2000 worth of nikau palms at New Plymouth's Pukekura Park.

A 30-year-old man has appeared in Auckland District Court after a nine-year-old boy was hit over the head with a shovel at the end of a pro-Palestinian rally on Sunday.

Police arrested six people and issued more than 70 fines at a weekend Killer Beez gang event.

James Whitikau Barton died after he was found with critical injuries at an Orchard Street property on Friday night.

Nearly $200 million was lost by New Zealanders to scams over the past year according to 11 of the country's largest financial institutions.

Police have arrested a man after a child was hit in the head with a shovel as he was leaving a protest in Auckland's Aotea Square Sunday afternoon.

An investigation into Whitikau Barton's death is ongoing with police appealing to the public for information.

Billy Te Kahika is fighting to stay out of prison over a protest that flouted public health measures and rallied against efforts to keep the virus out of New Zealand.

A man who was 19 years old when he and a friend beat a gay man to death in his home has been released from jail after spending 15 years behind bars.

The judge it "a really excellent settlement" that could prevent future sex trafficking by alerting banks to the consequences of facilitating transactions linked to it.

An AOS medic says he was not aware of a "load and go" strategy to help worshippers shot in the terror attack at Christchurch's Linwood Islamic Centre, because ambulances were so stretched.

Foxton man Dean Kahukiwa was found deceased in a house fire on 27 September. Police are seeking sightings of two vehicles seen on Reeve Street that morning.

Hawke's Bay Police have arrested 20 people and laid 100 charges in nine days.