Crime

Anna Rikiau claimed her drug addiction got the better of her during a spree of offending between 2022 and 2024.

Police say the arrest is part of significant and complex work by the Otago Lakes Central Organised Crime Team.

Father-of-two, David Bridgwater, was fatally shot in the abdomen in Christchurch last year.

The chair of New Zealand's Ministerial Advisory Group on transnational and serious organised crime says "business as usual" would mean "we will continue to go backwards". Audio

Scammers pretending to be from the bank's fraud team warn a customer's account is at risk.

Experts say the move could unlock productivity but implementation, infrastructure, and market compliance will be critical for success.

The man says anti-Christ lyrics from a thrash metal band were the backdrop to the fatal moment that ended the mother-of-two's life.

Several police staff are under investigation after an audit of internet usage.

Police have been searching for Jeremy Robertson since Karen Gilbert-Palmer was found dead.

Tristan Oakes was shot and later died in hospital.

David Bridgwater was fatally shot outside a property in Aranui, Christchurch in 2024.

Ever since the audacious Parisian break-in, art historian Penelope Jackson's phone has been ringing off the hook.

Police are asking anyone who saw anything unusual around the Sawyers Bay area to come forward.

Bill Maangi was shot in the early hours of Monday, 29 September.

Police have arrested 43 people and seized 96 weapons in a national crackdown on illicit firearms.

More than two dozen people have been jailed mainly for cannabis offences in the last year, the party's co-leader says.

The Child Exploitation Operations Team deals with the worst of the worst, and has "more work than we can handle".