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Two other people also suffered moderate injuries.

Investigators said it appears to match the pair worn by a masked prowler seen in doorbell camera footage before she was abducted two weeks ago.

The gun has not yet been confirmed to have been involved in last month's incident, police said.

A man has been arrested after he crashed into two cars, then stole one of the vehicles, police say.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Te Atatu Road around 6.30pm on Wednesday.

Senior sergeant Craig Dinnissen called for a "significant culture change" and for students to embrace social responsibility. Audio

An unsuspecting Dunedin man lost more than half a million dollars over 18 years.

A homicide investigation has been launched after the discovery of a woman's body at a worksite in Hawke's Bay last week.

Hone Neal, 40, suffered non-life-threatening injuries when he was shot on Wednesday.

Ten-year-old Alexander Bennett was walking on Leeston Road near Springston when he was hit about 3.30pm on Wednesday, police said.

Police say a 37-year-old woman targeted the women deliberately, entering their homes under false pretences and taking their bank cards to withdraw cash.

An investigation has been launched after a man was shot in the Auckland suburb of Māngere overnight.

The road where the crash occurred in Lower Motuere was closed for some time but has now reopened.

A woman was found deceased at an address in Crichton on 23 January.

A road remains closed.

A witness took to social media to the describe seeing the man on a bicycle being pursued by police on the eastern side of the Hutt River.

The gold medal holds immense sentimental value and police are asking for its anonymous return. Audio

Rewa is serving a life sentence for the 1992 murder of Papatoetoe woman Susan Burdett.

Kevin Belling was last seen on his farm almost a month ago.

Andy Winitana, 46, died in hospital after sustaining injuries during an assault outside a Napier nightclub.