Westpac's runaway millionaires are a step closer to keeping the cash after the bank bungled an attempt to recover it.

A couple who slept through a burglary wondered why their two english bulldogs didn't bark, then discovered the dogs had been stolen too.

A robber pointed his rifle at a bank customer before ordering a dozen people to the floor in what police say was an aggressive hold-up.

NZ's biggest benefit fraudster manipulated a web of offshore accounts from prison in a bid to hide the $3.4m he stole from taxpayers.

Five people are in custody after a week-long car theft spree ended with a driver jumping into a river yesterday in Blenheim yesterday.

British funnyman Ricky Gervais has spoken out about how fraudsters stole £200,000 (NZ$460,000) from his bank account.

Stolen credit card details of tens of thousands of New Zealanders may be in the hands of a Russian or Albanian gang, an investigation suggests.

More than 100,000 credit cards may be replaced as a result of thieves hacking into payment machines at a central Auckland carpark.