Mark Mitchell

The ACT Party has this month latched on to a Question Time tactic of using consecutive supplementary questions on a repetitive theme as a pile-on against the government. Audio

Crime is set to be a big election year issue, with polls showing the public feels unsafe and the opposition claiming the government is 'soft' on offending. A pair of Herald journalists have tried to… Audio

Ram raids are up 55% nationwide over the past three months, with 68 in April alone.

In response to calls for support the government is rolling out an $11-million dollar boost to its fog cannon fund… Audio

National says courts are increasingly ignoring police oppposition to bail - and the government's approach to the justice system is to blame.

The party has released numbers showing in 2018, bail was… Audio

Drive-by shootings dramatically increased at the height of inter-gang conflict between the Tribesmen and Killer Beez last year. 

A report - from the inter-governmental Gang Intelligence Centre - also… Audio

The opposition is braying for Stuart Nash to lose his remaining ministerial warrants. 

He's resigned from the police portfolio - after criticising the courts and asking the Police Commissioner if he… Audio

New data released by National shows retail crime is up by almost 40 percent compared with 2022. 

There is now an average of 292 retail crimes recorded each day. 

Police say the data is skewed… Audio

National's police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says the government's response on crime in Hawke's Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle has been too slow.

The Prime Minister has announced more police are being… Video, Audio

This government is "soft on crime", and offenders are operating "with impunity".

That's what the National Party says about the government's latest plans for tackling retail crime. 

The party says… Audio

Dairy owners fed up with empty words from the government, say they need immediate action taken to protect workers.

They're planning a nationwide protest following the fatal stabbing of a worker… Audio

This week four backbencher bills got a shot at glory. Two were gloriously popular, one successful but contentious, and one pipped at the legislative post. Audio

Christchurch police say they have arrested three youths linked to an incident where a cyclist was knocked off his bike and seriously injured by young people driving a stolen car.

It's one of three… Audio

The National Party is calling a second gang-related police raid of a rehabilitation facility a failure of the justice system.

On Thursday police siezed almost half a kilogram of meth, $5000 in cash… Audio

Two new pieces of reporting have added context and depth to the headlines blaring about a youth crime wave. Audio

In the wake of the recent spate of ram-raids, the National Party is saying the government "hasn't got the balance right" when it comes to tackling youth crime.

National says it's dismayed to see… Audio