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Body in burnt out car: Police launch homicide investigation
Police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman's body was found in a burnt out car in Havelock North last weekend.
Te Paati Māori calls for action on police photo collection practices
Te Paati Māori is demanding action after revelations the police have routinely illegally photographed and filmed people.
Why prosecutor didn't seek prison term for Bay of Plenty teen rapist
Tauranga's top prosecutor has explained why they didn't seek a prison term for a convicted teen rapist after a heavy public backlash over his home detention sentence.
Police Association: Illegal practices finding 'wrong interpretation'
Police should be allowed to continue photographing young people, president of the Police Association Chris Cahill says, despite a report finding they are acting illegally.
Man arrested in relation to West Auckland shooting
A 27-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a shooting in West Auckland last weekend.
18 people arrested after raids on alleged meth ring in Ashburton
Police say they have seriously dented a methamphetamine ring, with 165 charges laid against 18 people, after raids on gang properties in Ashburton.
Police Association rejects report finding officers illegally took photos
An investigation has found police were routinely and illegally taking photos and film of children and adults.
Police have accepted some but not all the findings from the inquiry - while the Police… Video, Audio
Punk rock musician found dead in burnt-out house, man charged with murder
A man whose body was found after a house fire in Levin was a well-known punk rock musician in the town.
Lawyer sounds warning over $100,000 Kirsty Bentley murder reward
Police have played down fears a $100,000 reward in the cold case murder of Ashburton teenager Kirsty Bentley could result in a wrongful conviction.
Intelligence gathering inquiry findings pose challenges to policing - Coster
Police accept some but not all the findings from an inquiry report of systemic problems and some illegal practices in how they take, store and handle peoples' images and information.
Police probe for links between Havelock North death and missing persons cases
The unexplained death of a woman in Havelock North has not yet been linked to any missing persons cases in the area, according to police investigators.
Police respond to findings of illegal photos, fingerprints
The police commissioner Andrew Coster has responded to findings of widespread and often illegal photographing of children and adults.
He said such intelligence was useful for preventing crime. Audio
Lawyer responds to findings of police's unlawful activities
Illegal, widespread, and systemic - is how police conduct is being described after a scathing investigation into the routine and illegal photographing and filming of young people and adults by… Audio
Police routinely break privacy laws taking photos
Illegal, widespread, and systemic - is how police conduct is being described after a scathing investigation into the routine and illegal photographing and filming of young people and adults by… Audio
Police illegally photographing youth, Māori a 'widespread practice' - inquiry
An investigation has found police are routinely and illegally photographing and filming young people and adults, the police and privacy watchdogs say.
Police issue MDMA warning after man dies from suspected drug overdose
Following the death of a 20-year-old man due to a suspected drug overdose, police are urging people to take extreme care when using illicit drugs or substances.
Arrests, guns seized in police crackdown on Mongols in Remuera
Police seized guns and arrested two men in a crackdown on a gang operating in Auckland's affluent suburb of Remuera.
19yo charged over baby's death
A 19-year-old man has been charged with the manslaughter of a baby in Ruakākā late last year.
Police to investigate how officers missed body in car for days
Police say they will review their response after officers failed to realise there was a dead body inside a burned out car.
Police admit failing to notice body in burnt out car
Police failed to realise a body was in a burned out car near Havelock North until two days after it was reported to them.
