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'They’re very lucky': Chopper helps with search for kayakers

A co-ordinated response effort resulted in three kayakers being rescued off Whangamatā.

Gun crime rising in Auckland; majority of offences involve illegally owned firearms

Over 97% of gun-related offences involve illegally owned firearms.

Teenager and woman seriously hurt in Ōtara incident overnight

Police are investigating after two people were taken to the hospital with serious and critical injuries following an incident on Wymondley Rd, Ōtara. Video / NZ Herald

Teenager, woman taken to hospital with serious injuries after overnight Auckland incident

Investigating police were examining a driveway at the scene following the incident.

Moment woman who killed her parents comes clean

Virginia McCullough poisoned her father and stabbed her mother in 2019 and then lived with their bodies for four years. Video / Essex Police

'Gut-wrenching': Newlyweds say caterer scammed them out of wedding deposits

Police urge people with complaints about wedding caterer to come forward.

Former SAS tracker says soldiers could find Tom Phillips within two weeks

The fugitive Marokopa father and his three kids were spotted by pig hunters last week.

The meth lab, the gang taxing and a murder charge

Five years after a meth lab was found in bush, the chaotic fallout can be revealed.

Man found bloodied on doorstep after street stabbing now accused of lying to police

Abbas Munshi is charged with "fabricating circumstances" around the stabbing.

‘Taken too soon’: Grandparents named as victims of fatal crash

Couple, who had eight grandchildren, died after two-vehicle smash in Kirwee.

One dead after serious truck, car crash; SH1 near Christchurch reopened

One person was severely injured and sadly, died at the scene.

Third Rotorua victim dies, 52yo man faces three murder charges

A man and his wife were seriously assaulted on September 23. She died earlier this week.

Third murder charge laid in Rotorua after husband dies

Man's death on Wednesday follows that of his wife after assault at their Rotorua home.

Arrest made after house shot at in Palmerston North

A house was shot at and a vehicle damaged with a bat.

Courtenay Place death: Young people 'playing roulette' going out in Wellington

The mum of another young man has spoken out following the death of Luke Smith.

Drugs and 'macho mentality': What a man who fatally shot undercover cop told parole hearing

John Skinner has been denied parole for the 2008 murder of Sergeant Don Wilkinson.

Girl, 14 missing since Sunday, family seeking information

Alizayh 14, has been missing from her Huntly home since October 6.

Car trapped under pickup truck after three-vehicle rush-hour crash on Auckland motorway

“Delay your journey or use an alternative route.”