A Matamata truck driver was looking for a dog on the side of a road when he came across a young girl thought to be the victim of a hit-and-run overnight.

A young constable has described seeing her sergeant throttle a prisoner half a metre from her face.

A constable has described how he saw his senior officer knee a handcuffed prisoner, who later had to have his left testicle surgically removed.

A police constable has started giving evidence against his former senior officer who is on trial for allegedly assaulting five prisoners.

A remote-controlled toy plane given to a teenager for Christmas nearly claimed his family's lives after it set their house on fire.

Two police officers held a man down and kicked him before they pepper-sprayed his girlfriend, a court has been told.

A police officer found guilty of assault has returned to court in another case to say he did not kick a man.

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Dozens of firefighters last night battled a huge blaze at the country's biggest graveyard, the Waikumete Cemetery in West Auckland.

Police have named the Auckland man who was arrested after he had tried to pose as a truancy officer.