An ex-pharmacist told court he'd been asked by police to keep selling cold medicine to "pill shoppers" to help their surveillance operation.

Stefan Jensen, who suffers from mild dementia, disappeared on June 4 from his son's rural property in Pukekawa, 24km southeast of Pukekohe.

Two police officers were arrested on New Year's Day and charged in relation to a drinking incident.

A night out at a good value suburban tapas restaurant is made all the more palatable by passionate, gentle staff, writes Nici Wickes.

A teenager told police she knew a mother-of-three was at home when she started a fire that blocked the woman's chance to escape and left her to die.

A tearful teenage girl who deliberately lit a fire which killed Pukekohe mum Lynette Chapman today changed her plea on a murder charge to guilty.

A man will appear in court after stealing a car at knifepoint.

A man who tore the head off a kitten in front of his family has been sentenced to two years and four months in prison.

Hunted down: a traditional steakhouse that will satisfy the hungriest of carnivores.

Police have all but ruled out foul play over the death of a woman whose body was found at a house south of Auckland yesterday.