National has no intention to liberalise NZ's drug laws, Prime Minister Bill English says.

Whakatane man Don Turei jnr died last year in a suspected hit-and-run.

Man checks himself in to Wairarapa Hospital with stab wounds.

Legitimate gun owners question firearms law changes. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

No evidence 72-year-old P cook is 'running out of steam'.

We asked our local candidates what they think should be done to solve our gang problem.

Auckland Prison was in lockdown this afternoon after two inmates attacked staff.

Police are hunting two men as they investigate two separate homicide investigations.

Police are hunting Walter Reid Ngaau who has warrant to arrest for murder.

While most enjoyed the festival, four videos of brawls at or around Polyfest have appeared online.

Kiwi rapper Scribe will spend the next month in a rehabilitation facility.

Footage has emerged of a group of males brawling, with two of them pushed onto a busy Auckland road.

Young Samoan gang members sent back to their home country from New Zealand in a bid to straighten them out, are instead starting gangs there.

The "most feared gang in the world" is "sacrificing" underage girls say US police.

In a shocking new development, a rhino has been slaughtered at a French zoo for its horn.

Remains discovered in a Fairfax County park are linked to a wave of MS-13 violence.

She had a bullet hole in her head, and another in her chest, both of which appeared to have been fired at close range.

Want to know what patched gangs do for fun? This is it, writes sociologist Jarrod Gilbert.

Labour, Greens, Maori Party add weight to call for inquiry into claims of abuse of children in state care.

In Papakura, in Auckland's south, crime and gangs are a regular feature of many students' lives and can affect their education.

Guests at a wild party in an Airbnb rental were jumping fences and hiding in backyards to get away from a weapon-yielding gang that gatecrashed.

Keeping young people from a life of crime involves education and housing as well as police, Bill English tells Auckland crowd.

New Zealand's most notorious gang the Mongrel Mob is on a violent collision course with Australian outlaw bikie clubs after invading the Northern Territory.

COMMENT: I admit to appreciating the aesthetic of the punch that collected Spencer, but I recognise that as a guilty pleasure that mustn't be nurtured.

COMMENT: Stuart Nash is right. That gangs continue to thrive in this country is - as he says - "totally unacceptable", writes Rachel Smalley.

COMMENT: Your columnist has a soft spot for those born into less blessed homes and difficult circumstances. But not for gang members.

"Pop, pop, pop": A witness to an extraordinary gang clash on the streets of Whakatane has described how frightened motorists ran for their lives.

Police appeal for film of a funeral procession after shots were fired during a gang clash in Whakatane yesterday.

Police arrested multiple people after shots were fired at a Mongrel Mob member Tahu Kingi's funeral procession going from Kawerau to Whakatane.

A brawl between two rival gangs involving weapons broke out during a funeral procession in Whakatane yesterday.