Police

Police have launched an investigation after a sudden death following disorder at a home in Hastings.

A teen killed in a Christchurch crash has been named, and emergency services have been responding to crashes in Ohakune, Abel Tasman National Park and Lake Ohia in Northland.

Police say a McDonald's in Manukau has been robbed overnight by a group wielding tools.

The 70-year-old man who died after being stabbed on Auckland's Queen Street on Wednesday has been named by police.

Auckland residents say they are afraid to go out at night after two suspected homicides in the city on the same day.

A review has been ordered into the police investigation following the death of 3-year-old Lachlan Jones, who was found dead in a sewage pond in 2019.

Two police officers who punched a Palmerston North man while trying to arrest him in July 2021, have been found to be justified in their use of force.

Police say they believe the father of three missing children is setting up a campsite after being spotted making purchases at Bunnings earlier this month.

A police officer's use of a police dog to apprehend a 15-year-old was justified, the Independent Police Conduct Authority says.

A missing woman's car has been found in a Waikato carpark, and police are looking for a couple who may not know they have information that could help.

Police have temporarily paused the search for missing Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao.

One of Aotearoa's leading iwi liaison officers is celebrating a fifty-year milestone in the New Zealand Police, before his pending retirement at the beginning of next year. Audio

A Rebel MC Gang pad in Ōtāhuhu has been searched as Auckland police investigate a death last weekend in the suburb of Point England.

Jayden Mamfredos-Nair was last seen on 21 April in the company of two people with links to the Head Hunters gang. A missing person search has turned into a homicide investigation.

Auckland police have arrested two men after a car chase across the city on Wednesday night.

The man who died after a fatal shooting in an Auckland park has been named as Charles Anthony Pongi.

Police have paused the search in the Mt Holdsworth area for Michael McGregor, who has been missing for more than a week.