Police

A Canadian man has been caught with nearly 26kg of methamphetamine in the lining of his suitcases, as he arrived at Auckland Airport, the Customs says.

It may be the land of snakes and spiders but lucrative pay and housing packages are luring an unprecedented number of New Zealand police officers across the Tasman.

Bay of Plenty police have arrested three people following ongoing gang conflict in the region.

Police have confirmed no one died in a large fire at a derelict house in Dunedin on Friday.

A person has died in a single-car crash in Auckland this evening.

Police and customs seized $63m worth of cocaine at the Ports of Auckland yesterday and have arrested four men, following a joint operation.

The police are investigating an incident in which a Waka Kotahi contractor in Tairāwhiti was threatened at gunpoint in the early hours of Thursday last week.

Police say a missing Ōtaki kayaker may have been in a yellow single-seat kayak, not a two seater as initially reported.

Police use of footage from high-tech automated number plate recognition cameras is being contested in court.

Hutt Valley police continue to examine a Taitā property after the death of a toddler at the weekend.

An outbreak of gang-related shootings in Bay of Plenty has led police to announce a crack-down using new search powers against gang members.

The search for a kayaker missing off the Kāpiti Coast, north of Wellington, will be suspended at nightfall.

Police are responding to reports of a firearm sighting in Auckland suburb of Parnell.

Labour Weekend has begun with a bad start on the roads, with people killed in crashes in Northland and Waikato, and crashes in Hamilton, Wellsford and Drury.

More than $12,000 has been donated towards an Oamaru artist and his family who lost their home in a suspicious fire.

A mould problem that could take weeks to fix has temporarily closed Greymouth police station to the public.