Highly-touted software packages which cost police millions of dollars have severe flaws.

The Government has rejected recommendations supported by its own MPs.

New police package will allocate 178 new officers across the 12 police districts.

Labour's Kelvin Davis says marijuana is "obsolete" as meth use increases.

A woman who became trapped between two rocks at a Northland beach has been freed.

Temperatures are expected to plummet tonight on the West Coast where a hunter is missing.

A former police officer has admitted using a police database to look up women he fancied.

Statistics show that New Zealand officers who pull the trigger are becoming more deadly.

Willie Jackson admits to 'a little bit' of disappointment at Labour list spot.

A woman has been left shaken after intruders tied her up.

A protest over police attempts to tighten gun laws has alarmed the Police Association.

The police union is hitting back against suggestions a Taser could have been used instead of a gun.

Methamphetamine is the biggest driver of crime in 11 of the 12 police districts.

Former Police Association Greg O'Connor has won the Labour nomination in Ohariu.

Police firearms have accidentally gone off at least 12 times since 2010, and police have had at least 504 unplanned Taser discharges.

Two people were seriously injured in the single car crash about 8am north of Warkworth.

The search has resumed for a missing diver in Otago and a missing teenager swept away in a Wellington river.

COMMENT: Stuart Nash is right. That gangs continue to thrive in this country is - as he says - "totally unacceptable", writes Rachel Smalley.

Crash brings down powerlines.

A rich-lister's son who made headlines for punching a police officer unconscious has finished second in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

The move has been welcomed by the Human Rights Commission, but greeted warily by the police union.

The People's Party says Aucklanders want crime sorted - no matter the cost.

A police dog latched on to the leg of a man involved in a Dunedin arrest but the patrolling pooch ended up sending one of the boys in blue to hospital.

John Key says he understands concerns about law and order - saying as a parent he worries about his daughter getting hassled or even raped.

A "king hit" punch crime will be established and speed cameras will only be allowed in blackspots and near schools, under New Zealand First policy.

COMMENT: Crime stats have grown with our population, while police budgets have been cut. The pre-election promises of more boots on the ground has begun.

Labour has pledged to put 1000 extra police officers on the beat in its first term to reverse a "surge" in crime.

Police Minister Judith Collins says it is "utter rubbish" to suggest crime is caused by poverty.

After working undercover in the drug and gang scene, retiring Police Assoc boss says he relied on rugby, possum trapping and the West Coast to sort out his head.

Dozens of potential Head Hunters recruits are turning up in Auckland each month for training, the head of the Police Association has warned.