Crime

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been hit with an expanded federal indictment, charging the hip-hop mogul with more counts of racketeering and sex trafficking.

The rodeo pioneer won the buckle in 1959 and is still competing at age 94.

The country needs an entirely new set of laws to manage high-risk offenders safely and more humanely, the Law Commission says.

Victoria Sabrina Kalapa was charged with aiding or abetting a company she controlled to make PAYE deductions which were not paid to Inland Revenue.

Matthew Kelly was originally sent to prison in 2016 after he was found with objectionable material on his cellphone and laptop.

A man has pleaded guilty to murdering his mother in November, in Blenheim.

In a major security breach, police say the men bypassed security and gained access to the ground for the clash in front of more than 82,000 fans.

Abdulhassan Nabizadah, 63, was found critically injured on a street corner and later died in hospital.

The RNZ-Reid Research Poll reveals over a quarter feel safer, while about 38 percent have not had any safety concerns. Audio

The girl had been diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a form of cancer that develops in the bone marrow.

The man who died outside a property in the Wellington suburb of Northland has been named as Simon Bird.

More than 80 stolen items were seized by police.

A drugs and social crisis afflicting Northland is deepening, a Northland iwi leader warns.

Police are telling residents to expect to see a large number of officers. Audio

Officers are investigating the death of a man found on Tuesday morning. Audio