Crime
Keeping business alive 'may not be possible' as ram raids hike up insurance
Retailers are warning insurance hikes in the wake of ram raids and other crime could force many out of business. Audio
'No free ride' says Seymour as ACT proposes to build youth detention centres
ACT wants to spend half a billion dollars building youth detention centres that would be run by the Department of Corrections if it is in government after October's election.
Retailers face insurance hikes after ram raids, break-ins
Retailers are warning insurance hikes in the wake of ram raids and other crime could force many out of business.
Retail New Zealand says the rising costs mean more than eighty percent of its members… Audio
Farmer avoids disqualification after 29 cows starve to death in his care
An inspector estimated the cows that had died did so from prolonged starvation over a period of around three weeks.
Hunt continues for men involved in 'brazen daylight robbery'
Police are still searching for the man who used hammers to smash windows and displays of a Michael Hill store.
Items stolen from Nelson business following morning ram-raid
Four youths have been arrested over the ram-raid of a commercial premises in Nelson this morning.
Four arrested as jewellery store ramraided in Wellington
Four people have been arrested as a Michael Hill jewellery store gets ramraided in Wellington.
Canterbury schoolgirl killer Ziggy Stardust Buckeridge to be released from prison
Buckeridge, 61, is serving a life sentence for murdering Rangiora teenager Julie Sands. He buried her in a shallow grave with an old car bonnet and a dead cat placed on top of her.
Man arrested after eight killed in Serbian village shooting
Serbian police have arrested the man suspected of killing eight people and wounding 13 others, local media are reporting.
Men arrested following burglaries in Wellington, Auckland
Police have reported a bonanza of arrests in separate burglary cases in Wellington, Waikato and Auckland, and have recovered a uniform reportedly stolen from an ANZAC display.
Robbers smash cabinets with hammers in New Plymouth robbery
Two men armed with hammers have smashed their way into a Michael Hill jewellery store in a brazen lunchtime robbery ion New Plymouth today.
Name of Auckland man who plotted terror attack permanently suppressed
An Auckland man who was radicalised online and came close to a violent attack on the public has been granted permanent name suppression.
Police investigating north Canterbury homicide raid second property
Police investigating the death of man in north Canterbury last month have raided another property this morning.
Violent transphobic rhetoric on rise online - report
A new report has found extreme far-right content is continuing to thrive in New Zealand. The Disinformation Project report says in the wake of Posie Parker's anti-trans rallies, transphobia has become… Audio
Waikeria prison riot: Two rioters jailed but making meaningful change, court hears
One prisoner lost the ashes of his dead daughter, while some Corrections officers are still undergoing counselling after the largest and most destructive riot in a New Zealand prison.
Police continue to investigate shooting of former Green Party candidate
Police say they are still investigating the shooting of a former Green Party candidate in Dunedin last month.
'Boundless love': Lena Harrap leaves a void that can't be filled, family say
"Our little warrior" - those were a mother's words in court before the man who brutally killed her daughter was sentenced to life in jail.
Lena Zhang Harrap's killer jailed for more than 19 years
"Our little warrior" - a mother's words in court as the man who brutally killed her daughter was sentenced to life in jail.
Lena Zhang Harrap was murdered in September 2021, while out on her daily… Audio
Cave dweller burnt down hut after being told to clear out possessions
An Otago cave dweller has been jailed for 13 months after burning down the hut he used to live in.
Lena Zhang Harrap's killer Shamal Sharma sentenced to life in prison
A homeless man who violently preyed on two strangers - trying to run over a jogger and 24 hours later sexually violating and fatally strangling Lena Zhang Harrap - has been sentenced to life in…
