Rotorua police have charged a teenager after a woman was allegedly kidnapped in the city early today.

Police have released images of two men suspected of trying to kidnap a 22-year-old community probation worker.

There are calls for the Australian government to strengthen laws against parents who take children overseas without permission.

The missing children's group that last week reconnected American kidnap victim Carlina White with her real parents says calls to its helpline doubled after the news made headlines.

A man will appear in court tomorrow in connection with an alleged assault and abduction on Great Barrier Island.

Two men have been accused of a "hate crime" for allegedly kidnapping two men before ordering them out of town.

The British man whose wife was murdered while the couple was on honeymoon in South Africa last month has been arrested.

The three suspects in the killing of a honeymooning tourist in South Africa appear in court.