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

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 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.