Wanted man dodges police after removing electronic monitoring bracelet.

When Bailee Wilson-Yates was a child, her mother yanked her out of bed in the night, and they escaped their violent home.

A tourist strayed into a notorious slum in Rio de Janeiro and was shot dead by drug traffickers.

Jamie Pink has pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing weapons.

Patched members and associates of the Head Hunters gang arrested in a series of armed raids across Christchurch this morning have appeared in court.

Armed bikies are posing for pictures in suburban streets as fears grow that a turf war will erupt between rival gangs staking a claim to the Gold Coast.

Waitemata Police have stopped prosecuting small-time P dealers. Does the Government agree?

NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes.

Musician Tigilau Ness won this year's Vodafone NZ Music Awards roots reggae award. The 61-year-old father of singer Che Fu is a political activist.

A review of volunteers in New Zealand prisons has found two were active gang members - one of whom had a conviction for making P.

Crime is on the up in New Zealand, with latest figures showing an increase in burglaries, assaults, abductions and sex offences over the last year.

An epidemic of methamphetamine is ripping communities apart - but the fightback has begun.

Footage has emerged online of Tribal Huk members yelling for P dealers to leave Ngaruawahia.

Murder accused documented his neighbours' movements and took photos and videos as part of a plan to get them evicted.

The streets are 'eerily quiet', but the success of gang Tribal Huk's ultimatum is in dispute.

The Tribal Huk gang leader who claims to have rid Ngaruawahia of P dealers has the bullet holes to prove it wasn't an easy fight.

The Government's $15 million worth of anti-drug initiatives is welcomed in the Bay of Plenty, where meth use is on the rise, but some

Police have named the man who died yesterday morning after he was taken in a critical condition to Whangarei's St John station in a dash to get him medical help.

by Craig CooperEditor There is a delicious irony in taking money off criminals and investing it back into our communities. Although

COMMENT: There are some things you do in your career that you'd rather not have done.

A Ngaruawahia local board member says he's disappointed it took a gang that rid the town of meth, rather than the police.

As of Saturday morning, the small Waikato town was P free, a gang source said.

The Waikato mayor has accused the Tribal Huk gang leader of "grandstanding" over his ultimatum to drug dealers.

The deadline in Ngaruawahia is up but little appears to have shaken the quiet Waikato town ... so far.

A notorious gang has given the meth dealers in its Waikato town 24 hours to leave - and they say they'll only ask nicely the first time.

The Government is injecting $50,000 into steering young people away from Hawke's Bay's gang scene, but many say it would be better invested in whānau and parenting skills. Made with funding from NZ on Air

The Government is injecting $50,000 into steering young people away from Hawke’s Bay’s gang scene, but many say it would be better invested in whānau and parenting skills. Youth worker Adrian Pritchard says a holistic approach needs to be taken, and targeting youth alone won’t work. Made with funding from NZ on Air

The inaugural Black Power Film Festival offers wine, appetisers and discussion - perhaps not the first things most people would associate with a gang.

The Bandido Motorcycle Club is modelled on Mexican bandits who lived by their own rules.

With gangs deeply ingrained in Hawke's Bay, a new government initiative to steer youth away from them could provide lasting benefit