Police

This week, not only did MPs have to contend with a riot on their front lawn, they also had to come to grips with a new hybrid parliament in which some members participated by Zoom.

A protest turns into a riot and conflagration as police move on Parliament’s squatters with quite extraordinary restraint. Photos tell the story.

Police are appealing for information about missing man Wayne Taylor after air and land searches failed to find him.

Three people were taken to hospital early this morning after a shooting in central Auckland.

Small groups of anti-mandate protesters are still lingering around Wellington after being cleared out of the Parliament precinct on Wednesday Audio

The arrest of a man using excessing force and resulting in a head injury was not justified, an investigation has found.

Police say the incident occurred after they removed a mobile shower block that was parked illegally.

Four people have been arrested at the anti-mandate protest on Parliament grounds since yesterday, including one man who has been charged with possessing an offensive weapon, police say.

Police say leaders of the anti-mandate protests at Parliament grounds have lost control of unruly members within the crowd, with one man arrested last night and charged with inciting violence.

Police have arrested two people following the death of 22 year-old man Lake Takimoana, who was shot in Nelson on Tuesday afternoon.

The Police Association says officers who lost their jobs should be allowed to return to work after a High Court Ruling quashed a Covid-19 vaccine mandate.

In a ruling released today, Justice Cooke agreed the vaccine mandate infringed on parts of the Bill of Rights Act.

One person has died and another was taken to hospital by helicopter in a critical condition after a single car crash near Taupō today.