Editorial: The win for local communities in the battle over booze
OPINION: Locals should be the ones to decide on restricting alcohol sales.
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Letters: Act's alternative reality, tighter monitoring of gun owners to prevent crimes
OPINION: 'The vast majority of guns in New Zealand are not essential for legitimate use.'
Rob Rattenbury: Are NZ cops paid enough?
OPINION: NZ police are being enticed across the ditch.
'Hope you get what you deserve': Man hit by two vehicles was walking home from 'family event'
'To the other people that left my brother there, I hope you get what you deserve.'
Have you seen Lavanda? Police, family fear for girl, 15, missing in Waikato
She was last seen in the rural community of Tapapa yesterday evening.
Watch - 'Hostile and violent': Boy racer events orchestrated to attack cops - police union
Video footage shows a ute reversing at speed to ram a police vehicle.
Firefighter dies after being struck by police car
Police say he was on foot when hit by police car driven by an on-duty officer.
Government announces 'Road Policing Investment' programme
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has announced a crackdown on drunk and drugged drivers, setting the Police a target of performing 3.3 million roadside alcohol tests a year.
Simeon Brown announces crackdown on drunk-and drug-driving
The Transport Minister has announced a road policing policy.
Watch: Four police cars damaged in 'hostile, violent' car event
Four police cars were damaged in total.
Watch: Ute rams police car during 'Hamilton invasion' as boy racers descend on city
The ute can be seen reversing at speed and ramming the police car.
Ex-Gun City staff charged with fraud, allegedly helped divert firearms to black market
The two men allegedly altered sales records of the 'gangster's gun of choice'.
Autopsy completed on 5-year-old found dead in pond
Authorities have completed their examination as family plan tangi.
Revealed: The Bay of Plenty's favourite illicit drugs - and the harm they do
Wastewater testing reveals the amount of drugs Bay people are consuming.
Tūrangi deaths: Woman identified, described as loving mum
Maxine Puhi was one of two people found dead in a Tūrangi home this week.
'Person of interest': Arrest after four-hour police operation
'Police were in our backyard and front as well on the streets.'
Couple dubbed NZ’s worst shoplifters get reduced sentence after ‘tragic’ death of children
The couple have been jailed after stealing more than $300,000 worth of goods.
'True gentleman': Kiwi chopper pilot shot dead in West Papua farewelled
Hundreds of locals turned up to remember Glen Conning, 'a man with mana'.
'Taking back control': Police Minister vows tough crackdown on gang tangi
A 'softly softly' approach will no longer be tolerated, Mark Mitchell says.
Neighbour saw police leading children from Tūrangi home after pair found dead
'She was just the most beautiful person. Whoever did this to her needs to rot in hell.'
Neighbour saw police leading children from Tūrangi home after pair found dead
“She was just the most beautiful person. Whoever did this to her needs to rot in hell."
60 charges laid following string of vehicle thefts in Canterbury
Police said 22 stolen ignition barrels were recovered at an address between June and July.
Pedestrian seriously injured after bus crash in Christchurch
Images from the scene show the windscreen of the bus cracked.
Police say Waikato retirement village death not suspicious
Police say investigations did not identify anything to suggest the death was suspicious.
Fake police officers scamming people for money
Scammers impersonating police are trying to fleece people out of money.
11-year-old among eight arrested for evading police in Auckland
Six youths aged 11 to 15 were arrested.
Fresh nationwide warnings as scammers impersonate police, vulnerable people losing money
Multiple reports across the country have surfaced of police scam calls.
Police officers meet baby born in back of their squad car
Baby Kahurangi gets cuddles and gifts from officers there for her birth.
Northland officer investigated for allegedly accessing data and other matters
An 'employment process' found the officer had breached the Police Code of Conduct.
Police's Cyclone Gabrielle response cost $60m - report
The report found some systems worked well, but identified many gaps.
Roads reopened after incident around Hawke’s Bay Expressway
Kennedy Rd was closed in both directions between Kennedy Road offramp and Downing Avenue.
Ashburton drug bust: 844 cannabis plants, 14 firearms and $200,000 cash seized
Two men have been arrested and charged following an operation targeting illicit drugs.
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