Police

Police will not confirm if they're on track with internal investigations spurred by the Supreme Court's overturning of Alan Hall's murder conviction.

A Christchurch Business Association is calling for police to increase its presence in the central city following a recent spate of violence, theft and anti-social behaviour.

Police in Napier say they tried to get a vehicle to stop just minutes before it crashed, killing a young woman.

A police officer has been injured in an alleged head-on hit and run crash.

Three young people have been arrested by police investigating how a Christchurch cyclist was injured in a crash with a vehicle.

A lockdown at South Wellington Intermediate School has now been lifted after police responded to an incident.

One person has died in a crash on State Highway 1 at Kekerengu, north of Kaikōura.

Auckland's police helicopter has been instrumental in the arrest of 10 people, in early morning incidents spanning a combined 180 kilometres, police say.

Holidaymakers heading home from Northland today face delays after a single-vehicle crash blocked SH1.

A defence lawyer says police's private American-provided evidence storing system is derailing criminal trials and letting in the wrong people.

A person struck by a car in Dunedin has died, police say.

Police are investigating a robbery of a jewellery store in South Auckland, where they say a staff member was assaulted.

More than 2000 charges had been laid over ram raids and other youth offences in Auckland and Waikato in recent months, provisional police figures show.

People who work in the Christchurch's CBD say they don't feel safe in parts of the central city where brawls, assaults and theft have become more frequent.

A man faces multiple charges for driving into two police cars as they responded to a family harm event in Central Otago yesterday.

The man at the centre of a 30-hour siege with armed police in Levin has thanked prison staff for saving his life in the aftermath.