Police

New commissioner Richard Chambers wants to cut 17 roles from the police executive.

A man has been arrested after residents in Onehunga recorded what appeared to be a car chase involving a dozen police cars.

A motorcyclist has died after crash at Bunnythorpe, north of Palmerston North.

A pedestrian has died following a car crash in Whakatāne, and police are appealing for information about what happened.

A vehicle believed to have been used in an armed robbery at a Japanese Restaurant has been found, police say.

An innocent bystander gave Kevin Grey a friendly nod. Moments later he and his partner were being viciously attacked.

Emergency services were called to the car crash near Te Kauwhata on Thursday evening.

Nelson police investigating a crash on the Coastal Highway earlier this month are appealing for information from anyone who witnessed the incident.

An investigation has been launched.

Police continue to investigate how the five-month-old received serious head injuries.

A police spokesperson said emergency services were called to the Moody Avenue address shortly before 5pm on Saturday after the woman was found unresponsive.

Police are working to determine the full circumstances of what occurred, and the investigation remains ongoing.

Terror and pain coursed through the body of a teen girl who was being held in a bedroom and repeatedly raped.

Emergency services responded to the two-vehicle crash on State Highway 57 near Levin at 9.30am, which closed the road for more than an hour.

One man was injured in a fall at the train station and a suspect is being sought by police.

Police say a person who died in a crash in northern Hawke's Bay was a 14-year-old.

Council CCTV camera operators have helped nab a group of young people police say were trying to burgle a shop.

Roads have reopened after serious crashes earlier today.

The assault and shooting of a man at a bar in Pakuranga Heights in a quiet neighbourhood has shocked the community.