Police were called to a home on Jane Cowie Avenue on August 18.

A man remains in hospital after the West Auckland shooting.

The former teacher and housemaster pleaded guilty in April but hasn't yet been sentenced.

'Effectively, it's a pressure selling business model' - prosecutor Alysha McClintock.

How a Government blunder actually sent Northland into lockdown, will a new youth crime package actually work? And the mystery continues over the body found in a burnt out car in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

The rate of ram raid offending has increased by more than 500 per cent over recent years.

Hunt for surviving suspect Myles Sanderson zeroes in on an indigenous reserve residence.

"I will cut your throat if you ever ask me that again." - convicted teen.

Police were first alerted to burnt out car on Saturday - body only found two days later.

The 20-year-old was in a rush to see his Taranaki girlfriend.

The baby was taken to hospital with critical injuries on Sunday morning.

Judge: 'People get really upset when they work hard, buy a chainsaw and it gets stolen.'

The man had been remanded in custody for two years without a trial.

"It hurt," a teenage rape victim told a social worker.

The operation targeted people with outstanding court fines and warrants.

Bags of weed and cash found after police stop driver for talking on cell phone.

A man was shot in his arm and leg on two days ago; the offender is still at large.

He spent 20 years behind bars and has a lengthy history in the juvenile court system.

Money owed, 'standover' and burglaries led to rising tensions before the shooting.

Police have since said they were now following 'strong lines of inquiry'.

Police are investigating after a body found was in a burned-out car in a Havelock North riverside carpark. Video / Neil Reid

Wairoa curbs gun crimes

Carloads of wannabe-thieves target the Everglade Four Square near Manukau. Video / Supplied

Father of student killed by tutor Clayton Weatherston says change is needed.

A late night police chase across Auckland ends with several youths arrested, Britain has a new Prime Minister and snow fall down South as cold blast hits Aotearoa in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

A street and child daycare centre was locked down after daylight shooting.

Plus how one district cut its number of firearms offences in half.

One of Jayden Meyer's victims says she has lost her sense of self-worth since the rape.

Appeal against conviction for hurting baby rejected for mum angered by husband's absence.

Murder victim tried to rekindle relationship with woman.