Crime

Police are appealing for information after two home invasions at Wellington properties left women traumatised.

More than one in five prisoners are now being released on the day of their sentencing due to time-served.

Two serious Hawke's Bay crimes remain unsolved, and the families are urging anyone who knows anything to come forward.

Police say 2022 has been a big year for fraud and scam investigations, and they are issuing a reminder to keep banking details safe and report fraud immediately.

US agents seized a record quantity in 2022 of the drug so powerful that a lethal dose is small enough to fit on the tip of a pencil.

Nine youths have been arrested by Gisborne Police after multiple reported vehicle break-ins in the past few days.

Brian Houston referred to his father's sexual abuse of a child as only a "very serious moral accusation".

Waitematā Police have arrested a second person in relation to a serious assault in Warkworth earlier this month which left a man in a critical condition.

A Hamilton youth organisation manager says more measures need to be put in place to help troubled young people rather than just having an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. Audio

A 97-year-old woman who worked as a Nazi concentration camp secretary has been convicted for her role in the murder of thousands of people, in what could be one of the country's last trials for World…

Another person is facing charges in relation to the death of a man in Whangārei earlier this year.

A man has been charged and further arrests may be made following a firearms incident over the weekend.

Retailers are in a heightened state of anxiety in the lead-up to Christmas following a spate of crimes, including shots being fired at police, Waipa mayor Susan O'Regan says. Audio

One person is in custody after police were alerted to reports of an assault at Northcross in Browns Bay.

Police say they will be going door-to-door today making enquiries in Massey where a woman was killed yesterday.