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Tragedy: Young female student dies after being hit by train near school
Police said the young female died at the scene despite receiving medical attention.
Christchurch murder probe: Three days on, police appeal for more information
Investigators are still working to establish the circumstances of Tyrone Munns' death.
Police charge man who allegedly indecently assaulted high school girl on Auckland bus
Another passenger on the route 18 bus on Great North Rd intervened.
Napier house fire treated as suspicious, police appeal for witnesses
Police are asking anyone who may have seen suspicious activity to come forward.
Killer Beez secretary wants to swap life of crime for jewellery making
$35,000 cash and two Harley-Davidsons were seized from Stenton Wilde's home.
House fire rapidly spreading across two properties in Canterbury
Flames have lept across the boundary to a neighbouring home.
Man who died in Ōrere Pt police stand-off ‘person of interest’ in armed robbery at Akl bar
Two gunmen held up The Rudder on Hauraki before fleeing on electric scooters.
Escape from custody: Police search for man with eye injury
He was wearing a white shirt and blue trousers and has a injury to his right eye.
"They're actually enslaving people in those communities"
Head of the National Organised Crime Group, Greg Williams explains how the Mr Asia drug ring paved the way for NZ's methamphetamine problem. Video/Marty Melville - Edit/Ella Wilks
Christchurch homicide victim understood to be son of murdered gang member
Despite urgent treatment, the 39-year-old died at the scene.
‘They came from nowhere’: Man attacked in ‘violent’ Auckland robbery days after moving to NZ
The man was punched in the face and chased with a baseball bat in the late-night attack.
Video shows youths attacking man outside West Auckland shopping mall
Footage has emerged of youths kicking a man while he lay on the ground.
Man, 52, arrested after six electric vehicles vandalised with spray paint in Auckland
Some vandalised vehicles were towed after spray paint damage left them undriveable.
15yo boy reported missing in South Auckland found ‘safe and well’
The youth had last been seen on Sunday evening.
How a community mourns: The legacy of a youth worker lost in tragedy
Colleagues performed an emotional haka and sang waiata for Sam Matue’s whānau.
Death of man at gang-associated property in Auckland being treated as homicide
Police said preliminary findings indicate the man was assaulted before his death.
Police seek sedan driver after Raglan aggravated robbery
The Bow St incident was reported to police about 2am on February 28.
Machete-wielding pair allegedly steal cash, cigarettes, vapes
Police were called after machetes were allegedly presented in the Taipa store.
Police launch homicide investigation in Palmerston North
One person was arrested and police say those involved knew each other.
Kidnap, blackmail, assault: Mobster holds woman hostage in ‘harrowing’ ordeal
Friend feared next time she would see kidnapped woman was 'at her funeral'.
Property Insider: $7 billion Asia-Pacific fund hunts in NZ
Data centres, warehouses, offices, properties under mortgagee sale: asset classes named.
‘Absolutely gutted’: Electric vehicles targeted with spray paint in Auckland
The incidents come after Molotov cocktails were allegedly thrown at a US Tesla dealership.
Police investigate after three people overdose on illicit opioid thinking it was cocaine
“It’s currently not known how widely this substance may be circulating."
‘My grandpa is waiting for his son’: Family of man who died at Ōrere Point try to get body home
Fa'asala Sam Matue died after being Tasered by police.
Police vehicle crashes head-on into parked ute in Far North
Images from the scene show damage to four vehicles, including the police car.
Family of man who died at Ōrere Point try to get body home
The family of a man who died during a police confrontation at Ōrere Point are working to bring his body back to Brisbane for burial. Video / RNZ
Family of 501 who died after Ōrere Point tasering launch fundraiser to fly body home
Family say he grew up in Australia but was deported in 2017 under the 501 law.
Police confirm no suspicion in Wairoa man’s death
Emergency services found him unresponsive on March 5 in Wairoa.
‘Never seen anything like it’: Ruapuna Speedway driver suffered burns in fiery crash
The driver is in serious but stable condition in Middlemore Hospital.
Police search uncovers meth, $100,000 cash and an e-bike stolen in 2023
Armed officers stopped the alleged 'known offender' while driving in Tikokino on Friday.
Bus crash blocks road, motorists told to avoid area
Emergency services were alerted to the incident on Hutt Rd at 10.20am.
‘It’s a bit scary’: Homicide probe after man found at Christchurch flats
Despite urgent treatment, he died at the scene.