A teenager who admitted murdering a mother-of-three by setting her house alight was today jailed for a minimum of 11 and a half years.

A drunk off-duty police detective exposed his genitals to a woman and her son, a court has heard.

An ex-pharmacist told court he'd been asked by police to keep selling cold medicine to "pill shoppers" to help their surveillance operation.

Stefan Jensen, who suffers from mild dementia, disappeared on June 4 from his son's rural property in Pukekawa, 24km southeast of Pukekohe.

Two police officers were arrested on New Year's Day and charged in relation to a drinking incident.

A night out at a good value suburban tapas restaurant is made all the more palatable by passionate, gentle staff, writes Nici Wickes.

A 17-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to murdering Pukekohe mother of three Lynette Chapman, who died in a fire in her home in January.

A man will appear in court after stealing a car at knifepoint.

A man who tore the head off a kitten in front of his family has been sentenced to two years and four months in prison.

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Police have all but ruled out foul play over the death of a woman whose body was found at a house south of Auckland yesterday.