Auckland dad: 'I did it but I wasn't thinking.'

The case was called in the High Court today.

Police say behaviour in video where man is verbally abused is 'completely unacceptable'.

One of the vehicles was spiked and three offenders were arrested near Ngaruawahia.

But police commissioner Andrew Coster won't say it is an inquiry into racism.

Seven vehicles have been impounded but more action is promised, police say.

A woman who fell from a moving vehicle in South Auckland has died.

Police are seeking information after the shooting in suburban Glendene yesterday.

Police are investigating two crashes, one fatal, in the Waikato area this morning.

Motorists asked to avoid the crash site area, on Rimu Rd in Māngere Bridge.

Toakase Finau was earlier found dead at a Pukekohe home.

Police have been called out to shootings in Glendene and Papakura this morning.

Police Commissioner says photographs of young people not taken unless it is authorised.

Police working to identify and locate the person responsible.

A man claimed two members of the force tried to force a statement from him.

Andrew Coster said he wanted a balanced public conversation about it.

Police were first notified that the man was missing on Sunday evening.

Trelise Cooper burglary defendant sports Yves Saint Laurent face mask in court.

The teen was last seen by family on Monday night.

The man failed to return home from a fishing trip in the Twizel-Tekapo area on Saturday.

Part of Lake Road in Belmont is closed while emergency services respond.

Pair were left clinging to a chilly bin but fortunately wearing lifejackets.

Rydell Tauapiki Martin is charged with murdering Phillip Macpherson with an axe.

It comes after reports of Māori youths being randomly stopped and photographed.