Crime

Extra staff had been brought into the area and were providing "high-visibility reassurance patrols".

The investigation began in Australia last year after the murder of two FBI agents in Florida in 2021.

Te Pati Māori's co-leader says she has no faith in the police investigation into the fatal shooting of Kaoss Price in Taranaki in 2022. Audio

Phillips disappeared 18 months ago with his three children, but there have been possible sightings and suspicious activity in the region of late.

Police say an altercation took place between two groups of men gathered at Taurima Reserve in Point England before a man was fatally shot at the park on Saturday.

A young father died after a shooting on Croydon Avenue in the suburb of Highbury on Sunday.

Police have released the name of a man who died following a shooting incident on Auckland's Queen Street as police continue the hunt for the offender.

Auckland police are investigating their second homicide involving a death in a public place in 48 hours after a man died after an altercation in an Auckland reserve this afternoon.

A social media influencer and her mother have been found guilty of murdering two men who died when their car was rammed off the road.

Councillor Mike Lee says police need to increase their presence in the central city to prevent further crime, with the visibility of officers in the CBD currently "very, very low".

A Māori Warden who regularly volunteers on street patrols in downtown Auckland says more volunteers could help fight violence on the streets after Thursday night's shooting which left one person dead. Audio

"It's the future Connor I think about so often, about who he was going to become," said the father of murdered teen Connor Whitehead as his killers were sentenced Friday.

A man considered dangerous who was being sought over a fatal hit and run in Lower Hutt has been arrested