Police

Zeena Ali asked if she could wear her hijab as part of her NZ police uniform. The response was, "What's that?"

The mother of a man who was murdered 27 years ago says she is still hopeful investigators can find out more about what happened to him.

A Wellington drug supplier has been stripped of almost $340,000 in assets, including a boat, a $50,000 watch, and art work by Ralph Hotere, police say.

A man has been arrested following a string of burglaries from churches in which historical items were taken.

Name suppression will continue for the man accused of murdering Lyn Fleming for at least another two weeks.

Police blame alcohol and violence on a widespread crackdown. But organisers say that's "misinformation".

Police have reported another death after a second single-vehicle crash a little more than 12 hours after an earlier fatal crash was reported in Ngāhinapouri, southwest of Hamilton.

ACT Party leader David Seymour said he wrote to police about the treatment of Philip Polkinghorne because it's an electorate MP's job to pass on the concerns of their constituents. Audio

A 60-year-old Auckland man has been charged.

A man has died in a crash between a ute and a motorbike near Whanganui.

A man has been left with serious injuries after a road rage incident at a supermarket, and another has been arrested, police say.

Five people have been arrested following an incident at a property in the small settlement of Mākara, near Wellington.

Auckland's arterial Great South Road has been closed after power lines were brought down onto the road by a crash, police said.

A pedestrian has died after a crash in Northland, south of the Bay of Islands, police say.

Those involved left the scene in a Wellington suburb before police arrived.

Three people have died and commuters have been warned of delays in Auckland, Waikato and Napier, after a day of crashes and a police incident involving the Armed Offenders Squad.

Two loud bangs were heard after the armed offenders squad approached with shields.