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Three firearms incidents in Auckland yesterday
Police responded to three separate firearms incidents in Auckland yesterday.
Two arrested for stealing from construction sites
Two men have been arrested in relation to a spate of burglaries and thefts from residential construction sites in Lower Hutt.
Film retells 2007 Te Urewera police raids
A film re-telling the events of the 2007 police raids in Te Urewera premiered last night at the opening of the New Zealand International Film Festival.
Muru is based around the anti-terrorism powers… Audio
Expert thinks anti-mask movement involved in hoax bomb threats
A security expert believes members of the anti-mask movement could be behind the hoax bomb threats made to schools across the country.
Thousands of students were forced to lockdown or evacuate their… Audio
Police promise improvement after Road to Zero report finds expectations not met
An annual monitoring report looking at the Road to Zero road safety strategy has found the police fell short of expectations.
There were 320 deaths on the roads last year, while 2323 people were… Audio
Road to Zero progress report shows several failings - National
The National Party says a progress report published on the Government's Road to Zero road safety strategy shows several failings.
The Annual Monitoring Report, sent out by the Ministry of Transport… Audio
Schools disrupted by bomb threats
At least a dozen schools across the country were disrupted yesterday by a series of bomb threats.
Schools from Palmerston North to Alexandra were sent into lockdown after receiving alarming phone… Audio
Blenheim's Marlborough Girls' College locked down after threat reported
Police are speaking to two young people after a lockdown at Marlborough Girls' College due to a threat this afternoon.
Man charged with burglary, indecent assault
Police have identified a man in relation to a sexual assault in central Auckland.
Three people arrested following weapons incident in rural Marlborough
Police have arrested three people described as dangerous following an incident where a weapon was brandished in Wakamarina this afternoon.
'I feel helpless' - Store owner on ram raid
A liquor store has been ram-raided overnight in Island Bay in Wellington.
Kirsty Bentley case: Police focus on stranger abduction lead
Police have new information in the unsolved murder of Canterbury teenager Kirsty Bentley, and now believe her killer was likely to have been a cannabis user. Audio
New information in story on Kirsty Bentley killing
Police have new information in the unsolved murder of Canterbury teenager Kirsty Bently, and now believe her killer was likely to have been a cannabis user living in Ashburton.
The Canterbury… Audio
Death of Dunedin man treated as suspicious
The death of a man on a suburban hillside street in Dunedin last week is now being treated as suspicious.
Police arrest youngsters fleeing on the motorway
Two young people have been arrested after fleeing police on an Auckland motorway earlier today.
Drivers 'stressed, frightened' after machete wielded on bus
A union representative is calling for security guards' hours to be extended at bus stops in central Tauranga and Mount Maunganui after a passenger was caught carrying a machete onto a bus.
Paraparaumu bank held up by robber
A bank in Paraparaumu was held up near closing time on Friday by a robber police believe was wielding a gun.
Michael Hill jewellery shop hit by another brazen robbery
A well know jewellery chain has been hit again in a smash and grab at a west Auckland mall. Robbers reportedly walked into the Michael Hill at the Westgate Mall and smashed up cabinets and took off… Video, Audio
Mail destined for Auckland hospital stolen in transit
Hundreds of items of mail destined for North Shore Hospital have been stolen.
Police arrest man, seize cash, drugs in Auckland
Ammunition, cash and drugs were seized in a police bust in Auckland last week.
