An Iraqi immigrant smashed up and set fire to his Auckland home before allegedly attacking several family members.

A woman who suffered serious fractures and cuts to her face in a home invasion early today was not the victim of a random attack, police say.

A $1m Lotto winner says police are picking on him because of his body art, black singlets and souped-up cars.

An orchid grower driven to desperation after losing his entire crop and income to a new spray dumped thousands of his flowers in a public protest.

A high-profile criminal is accused of master-minding mortgage frauds described as NZ's most complicated, costly and cunning.