An aspiring councillor has taken legal advice over an alleged smear campaign involving photos taken from her Facebook site and emailed to a number of residents.

The Deputy Police Commissioner has dismissed the idea that police had failed in their "duty of care" toward Navtej Singh.

Controversial former cop Clint Rickards is working at the same courthouse where the woman who accused him of rape assists crime victims.

The man who left his baby outside a strip club is to appear in court charged with assault on the child's mother.

Auckland couple offered vouchers after finding blood in a Burger King meal.