Police are making inquiries after a person was seriously injured in a fight in Katikati overnight, with the alleged offenders fleeing the scene in a vehicle. A... Read More

Police are hunting a woman who fired a probe from a black object, potentially a Taser, injuring another woman in a Rotorua carpark. Rotorua Police acting... Read More

A woman in agony during extraction of a wisdom tooth was ignored by the dentist as she 'thrashed about” in pain. The procedure left her with nerve... Read More

A man accused of using an axe to smash the Murupara Police Station, sparking an armed police callout, has denied three charges. Mark Howard Christiansen,... Read More

A protected royal spoonbill/ kōtuku ngutupapa has been euthanised after it was found with a shotgun pellet injury to one of its wings. DOC Hauraki Biodiversity... Read More

A five-year-old was 'screaming for her mum” as a dog repeatedly bit her while the owners looked on, unable to stop the attack. The girl's mother... Read More

A polyamorous throuple won the right to put all three of their names on their children's birth certificates, but have been pulled back to court after... Read More

The Government will invest an extra $35 million over four years to strengthen New Zealand's borders and target transnational organised crime, Customs Minister... Read More

Hundreds of bricks of cocaine worth up to $60.9 million has been found inside three containers at the Port of Tauranga. On Sunday, Customs officers, police... Read More

A murder victim's mother is shocked the killer has tried to appeal his conviction more than 20 years later - and relieved he failed. Teen killer John... Read More

A German tourist was stabbed twice when the man he was drinking with in a car became enraged after losing his car keys. 'You'd had a 40 ounce of gin... Read More

Police acknowledge the sentence handed down to Wookeun Kim in the Auckland District Court yesterday. Kim was the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal crash... Read More