Andrew Coster

We look back at how the events at Lynnmall happened.  Audio

Border checkpoints are back in Auckland.

They will remain as long as Auckland, and currently Northland, remain at alert level 4, while the rest of the country has shifted to level 3.

Police… Audio

For some, it seems, the idea of lockdowns, bubbles and staying local is hard to absorb.

Take the seven men from six separate bubbles who were found jet boating on the Makarora River in Otago on… Audio

While most people seem to be taking Covid-19 restrictions into their stride, some continue to have difficulty.

Two people were arrested in the Far North yesterday, for example, for refusing to wear a… Audio

Police will be out again today enforcing the rules of the level four lockdown.

Yesterday there were eight arrests at anti-lockdown protests and drivers across the country were checked to ensure… Audio

Police are promising to be out in big numbers for the level four lockdown, telling people the rules will be enforced.

They made eight arrests at anti-lockdown protests in several areas of the… Video, Audio

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says New Zealand's style of policing, whcih does not involve general arming, is what makes officers on the ground safer.

It comes after calls for adding more… Audio

Violent criminal behaviour directed at police is ramping up like never before according to the Police Commissioner.

Video taken at the weekend shows a Auckland police officer on the ground as a man… Video, Audio

Faster access to guns and officers working in pairs are on the cards following a spate of shootings.

The Government says it's in discussion with police bosses about more protection for frontline… Audio

The New Zealand city of Lower Hutt has become the first outside Auckland with a Pasifika resident district court judge. Audio

The New Zealand city of Lower Hutt has become the first location outside Auckland to employ a Pasifika resident district court judge.

The selection of a Samoan New Zealander is being hailed as a… Audio

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the media's delirious coverage of Team NZ's America's Cup win, a trashy bit of Australian reporting, and Google's latest… Audio

The police are investigating whether they are biased against Māori. 

It's launched a long term research project with Waikato University and a criminal justice advocate looking at how the police can… Audio

The police have now prosecuted nearly a thousand Covid-19 related breaches, but haven't been called in recently to investigate those who may have defied isolation or testing orders.

Twenty to 30 year… Audio

The Police Commissioner is rejecting calls to sack the ringleaders responsible for the toxic culture of bullying in the police force.

A review by the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found… Audio

An independent report has detailed a toxic culture and a "boys club" operating within the police force.

Some are bullied so badly their hair has fallen out - and others have suffered from PTSD.

The… Audio

NZ Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says there is no trade off when it comes to prosecuting serious crime and is standing by his approach.

Coster has been the subject of a number of pointed attacks… Audio

The so-called "wokester" Police Commissioner has gone head to head with National MP Simon Bridges.

The pair clashed in several heated exchanges in a select committee today, over the police's approach… Video, Audio

Eight checkpoints are being set up at the edges of Auckland after the city entered Alert Level 3 at midnight.

The boundaries will be set mostly in the same locations as the last time Auckland was… Audio