Prolific peeping Tom caught crawling into the roof of Burger King restaurant to watch women on the toilet.

Why you should always use a professional when moving furniture.

"There is a steady increase of women being abducted, tied up, put in the boot of cars, taken away to the bush or the beach, or their partners having utensils to bury them."

A Napier man sustained a head wound during a violent home invasion this morning. He was tied up and beaten while his home was ransacked.

Police are hunting a group of men who assaulted and robbed a 58-year-old male at home in Napier this morning.

A man has described the horrifying moment a diver was dragged up on the beach at Mathesons Bay suffocating and "foaming from the mouth and nose".

One person has been killed after being crushed between a container and a truck at Mount Maunganui.

A police officer shot in the hand during a 22-hour stand-off in the Bay of Plenty on Wednesday has been discharged from hospital.

A man alleged to have fled a fatal crash in which he is thought to have been the driver has been interviewed by police.

Family relieved the siege has ended peacefully

Former police negotiator Lance Burdett told Newstalk ZB things could "turn on a knife edge" during armed stand-offs.

The gunman involved in the incident is reportedly willing to surrender if he can have the support of his friends and family with him.

Officers at the Onepu siege will not be letting the fact their mates have been shot cloud their judgment.

Woman who died after escaping from car boot while bound and gagged had been charged with possessing methamphetamine.

Ten-month-old Elliott Nicholas Allen Whitehead drowned last night at a house in Putaruru.

Ambulance staff attended but were not able to revive the baby.

The parents of baby Tim, born on the side of an Auckland motorway this morning, have described how the city's slow traffic stalled their trip to hospital.

Two Wellingtonians have described their desperate efforts to save a distressed diver off the city's south coast.

At least two people have been hurt in a crash involving a car and a tractor.

Police have thanked the public for their help in locating 15-year-old Sativa Lane who has been missing since March 2.

Family's tribute to their "beautiful, bubbly" boy reveals his sister has tumors on her vocal cords and lungs.

A major police search which could be linked to the violent death of Thai woman Jindarat Prutsiriporn is underway at a property in Mangere.

A man in his 20s has been cut through the abdominal from a boat propeller after falling out of a vessel at Muriwai Beach.

Police have concerns for the safety of an Auckland teenager who was last seen at Britomart station.

A Thai temple spokesman says the Thai community is in fear following reports that the death of a 50-year-old Thai woman may be gang related.

Northland's multi-million dollar luxurious Kingfish Lodge - which has played host to a string of Hollywood A-listers - is on the market.

A complicated picture is beginning to emerge of kidnapping victim Jindarat Prutsiriporn, a woman loved by friends but with links to a dark criminal drug world.