New ZealandKidnapped woman forced to drivePolice are investigating the kidnapping of a 33-year-old woman who was forced to drive around Whangarei with a man who threatened her with a knife in the car.18 Aug 04:40 AM
New ZealandTeen faces preventive detentionAn open-ended sentence is being considered for a teenager who raped a 17-year old woman and a young girl who jumped out of a speeding car to escape him.02 Jul 01:21 AM
New ZealandMurder victim bashed with a taiahaA man whose body was found buried in a shallow grave months after he disappeared was bashed with a taiaha, a court has been told.04 Jun 04:01 AM
WorldKidnapped Nigerian girls beg president to swap prisonersNigeria's president has been sent a new video of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in which they beg him to spare their lives through a prisoner swap.28 May 07:33 AM
WorldPic of Maddy-lookalike goes viralA photograph of a young girl at the Europa League soccer final who bears an uncanny resemblance to missing Madeleine McCann has gone viral.17 May 05:00 PM
WorldEx-hostage: I was forced to fightA girl who spent several months last year as a hostage of Boko Haram has told how she was ordered to fight alongside the Islamists in ambushes on the Nigerian military.16 May 05:58 AM
WorldNigeria: 'I saw my poor girl in Boko Haram film'The father of one of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram has spoken of the "other worldly" moment when he saw his daughter's face on the hostage video released by the group.15 May 01:52 AM
WorldMan accused of kidnapping modelsA wealthy Briton has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of holding a group of women against their will and fathering at least seven children with them.12 May 05:00 PM
WorldBoko Haram escapee tells of fears for girlsOne of the teenagers who escaped from the Islamic extremist group that abducted more than 300 schoolgirls has said the kidnapping was "too terrifying for words".12 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandGirl, 8, 'grabbed' in Ashburton'She's a brave wee girl', say police of an eight-year-old who was grabbed from her driveway and put in a car before she managed to escape.06 May 11:11 PM
WorldWest urged to use drones in hunt for kidnapped girlsPressure is growing for Western military drones to be used in the hunt for more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria, as the terrorist thought to be holding them threatens to "marry off" girls aged as young as 9.06 May 05:00 PM
WorldNigeria seeks support to rescue girlsWestern countries are in talks with Nigerian security forces to help rescue hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls still missing three weeks after they were seized.05 May 05:00 PM
WorldAssault attempt to free girlsNigerian troops were reported to be massing for an assault to try to free hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by a militant Islamist group.04 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandKiwi who terror king didn't see comingThe moment that Mary Quin thought she would die was in a gunfight with an AK-47 jammed into her spine.25 Apr 04:15 PM
WorldAssault may be key to McCann caseA 10-year-old British girl was sexually assaulted in Praia da Luz in 2005 - possibly by a man who is now a key suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, the Metropolitan Police have revealed.24 Apr 01:39 AM
New ZealandKidnap Kiwi vs terror kingA radical Islamic cleric standing trial in New York on global terrorism charges will come face-to-face with a NZ woman caught in a terrifying kidnapping decades ago.21 Apr 10:25 PM
New ZealandJail for 'detestable' attackAuckland crime figure Petar Vitali has been sentenced to five years and six months in prison for assaulting a young woman who believed she was his biological daughter.03 Feb 09:41 PM
New ZealandCrim faces jail for attack on 'daughter'Notorious Auckland crime figure Petar Vitali will be sentenced today for a brutal attack on a young woman who looked on him as a father.03 Feb 04:30 PM
WorldThree arrests over missing Maddie likelyBritish police seek help from Portuguese to detain alleged burglars at Algarve resort.14 Jan 06:59 PM
WorldInterpreter's gruesome pastThe bogus sign language interpreter at the Mandela memorial service was in a group who burned two men to death in 2003, say a cousin and three friends.16 Dec 07:49 PM
New ZealandKiller jailed 15 years over stranglingA man who strangled his partner in the back of a van near Nelson while her 5-year-old daughter sat in the front seat has been sentenced to at least 15 years in prison.10 Dec 01:34 AM
New ZealandArrest in attempted abduction caseA man has been arrested who was wanted by police in connection with an alleged attempted abduction of a 13-year-old Timaru girl.06 Dec 10:42 PM
New ZealandMan linked to alleged abductionInvestigators have released a photo of a man being sought over the attempted abduction of a 13-year-old girl who was dragged off her bicycle into bush near Timaru.05 Dec 01:51 AM
New ZealandGirl, 13, dragged into bush by manA description of the man accused of dragging a 13-year-old girl off her bicycle and into bushland near Timaru last night has been released.04 Dec 02:26 AM
New ZealandNo plea from teens accused of kidnapThree teens accused of holding three young men at knifepoint and forcing them to drive around Wellington for hours are yet to enter a plea for kidnapping charges.27 Nov 01:38 AM
New ZealandTeens appear in court after five-hour kidnap ordealThree teenagers will appear in court in Lower Hutt today charged with kidnapping after a car-jacking which lasted about five hours on Saturday night.25 Nov 06:54 AM
New ZealandMum on the run finally arrestedA US woman who lived in numerous countries, including New Zealand, while on the run for 20 years for the alleged kidnapping of her daughter, has been arrested in Australia.25 Nov 04:21 AM
New ZealandTeens in five-hour kidnap ordealThree teenagers were allegedly held up at knife-point, assaulted and forced to drive around Wellington by a younger group of teens during a five-hour kidnapping ordeal overnight.23 Nov 11:26 PM
New ZealandVictim fought for babyA passenger travelling 180km/h in a car put her feet against the dash as she fought to protect herself and a kidnapped 15-month-old baby.22 Nov 09:27 PM
