Police stopped a gunman 40km away from where he allegedly shot a man in the face.

A woman who was allegedly violently assaulted by her partner attacked police officers who came to help her in Hamilton this morning, allowing her partner to get away.

The family of young mother Jackie Allister is dumbfounded at her murder.

A man was left fighting for his life after a stabbing in Whitianga in the Coromandel early today.

Three Mongrel Mob members were arrested in Hastings last night after one assaulted a woman and the other two stopped police from doing their job.

Two police officers ran for their lives when a routine callout resulted in a man allegedly chasing them with a samurai sword.

A Wairoa policeman attacked by two men in Mahia on Boxing Day is keen to get back to his job, Police Minister Judith Collins says.

A Wairoa policeman became the fourth officer to be attacked on the job this month after he stopped two men suspected of carrying out a series of burglaries on the East Coast.

At least two children were in a Northland house shot at during an attempted murder on Christmas Eve, police say.

An attack on a Hamilton police officer with a machete could have been a copycat of the machete attack on a Taihape officer, Howard Broad says.

A Northland police officer has been hit over the head with his own baton after being called out to deal with a drunken fight.

Two boys aged 14 and 16 have been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was attacked with a knife and a machete.