A witness has described how a man reached for his gun case just seconds before tussling with a Mongrel Mob prospect, who is now charged with his murder.

Millie Elder is is back before the courts after an alleged altercation with police trying to arrest her gang-connected boyfriend.

Broadcasting star Paul Holmes has reconciled with his daughter Millie Elder in a bid to repair their broken relationship.

The $1.5 billion methamphetamine industry has enabled crime kingpins to spread their influence "into the nice end of town", the Police Association says.

If some beneficiaries are too dangerous to be dealt with face-to-face, their benefits should be cancelled says Kerre Woodham.

What kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis?

A jury finds two 20-year-olds guilty of killing Daryl Graydon while he was walking home from a party in Howick, southeast Auckland, in December 2007.

Stolen credit card details of tens of thousands of New Zealanders may be in the hands of a Russian or Albanian gang, an investigation suggests.

A senior judge has vowed to crack down on a violent crime wave, which he says is sometimes "little more than sheer sadism".