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Driver fled after officers signalled for them to stop.

Security intervened and stopped the assault before police arrived.

It was being treated as arson.

Tickets are waived if a vehicle is responding to an emergency - but often that's not the case.

Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming ordered the changes, after he was contacted by a concerned acquaintance.

The laptops were stolen overnight from Auckland's Blockhouse Bay Intermediate School.

Disgraced former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming told staff to make changes after an acquaintance complained they might lose their licence. Audio

Amber-Leigh Hunwick, 43, also suffered from the lasting effects of a Covid-19 infection.

Police believe fires in Epsom and Newmarket are linked to a man expected to appear in Auckland District Court.

Police are trying to identify a man who died suddenly on Friday and have appealed for any information.

The five-month operation culminated in raids across Auckland and Waikato, seizing guns, drugs and cash.

Simran was last seen in Whakatāne, but the police had located her vehicle in Pongakawa and believe she still may be in that area.

"Firearms in the hands of the wrong people pose a significant risk to our communities," the officer leading the investigation says.

Police received a report of a two-vehicle crash near the Tram Road on-ramp around 6.25am.

The most significant challenge yet to the police's growing use of a private number-plate spotting network is being mounted.

Police urge vigilance in crowded places, warning extremist violence in NZ remains a "realistic possibility."

Police reportedly tap into the Auckland-based Auror system 250,000 times a year, often outside big retailers and petrol stations.

The man was seen bleeding from the left side of his face as bystanders outside Hobsonville Woolworths tended to him.