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Collins: Media to blame for fall in police respect
The Police Minister says media reporting on police conduct has caused a drop in respect for the force.
Police investigate baby's facial injuries
Police are investigating how a 12-week-old child from the Auckland suburb of Takanini got facial injuries and ended up in Starship Hospital at the weekend.
'Inevitable carnage' at Rugby World Cup, MPs told
The Rugby World Cup will showcase NZ tourism to the world but there will be "inevitable carnage", a select committee has heard.
Insurer ordered to pay for house deliberately set alight
AMI Insurance has been ordered to pay for damage to a leaky building in the Auckland suburb of Epsom that was deliberately set alight.
Air collision victims instructor and student
One plane landed safely after a mid-air collision in Feilding this afternoon, while the other crashed, killing the flying instructor and student occupants.
Former Olympian pleads not guilty to attacking woman
A former Olympian punched, strangled and repeatedly raped a woman while dragging her through a house, a jury heard today.