It took 16 months from July 2019 to design and implement the hijab.

Arrests made, more inquiries ongoing.

Police are working to establish the person's identity.

A package arrives - with only two face masks inside.

Minister blames low attrition while the association said funding was promised regardless.

Four of the accused men appeared in court today.

Wipatene Mason died after a violent incident on Christmas Eve, 'traumatising' his family.

Police and St John staff were called to an incident on Elliott St late this morning.

The crash happened on Friday morning and police said the cyclist has been hospitalised.

Police say the death will be referred to the Coroner.

A car is on fire on the Southwestern motorway.

Emergency services were called to the blaze at New World on Clark St at 11.15pm.

Criticism comes after Otago had its worst road toll for more than a decade: 25 deaths.

Police crawled through the sinking mud to rescue her.

Four youths were taken into custody and will appear in Hamilton Youth Court today.

A pioneering dog handler has been recognised as a "stalwart" in his field.

The three-month programme will be based at police stations by appointment.

Police have found the body of a fisherman who had been missing since August last year.

His family have described him as 'young man who made the most of every day'.

The two people killed in the crash have now been named.

Police in West Auckland are looking for those involved in a late-night shooting.

"I saw his face ... the way he was driving, he didn't give a toss. He was hooning."

'I looked in my rear-vision mirror and it looked like his tyres were flat.'

Not guilty pleas were entered today in the High Court at Auckland.

Focus to change to drugs causing greater harm.

The review follows reports of young Māori being photographed illegally in Wairarapa.

Police called on to take "a preventive approach" in future.

One incident involved a drunk woman fleeing police with two toddlers in the car.