Two undercover police officers were shot at close range, one fatally, after they and a colleague was sprung trying to put a tracking device on a car, a jury has been told.

Manukau's liquor licensing agency is drawing up a list of school ball dates, and will send inspectors to follow buses to after-ball parties.

Slain liquor store owner Navtej Singh waited for 37 minutes for medical treatment because the officer in charge of the scene was never directly told the robbers had fled, an IPCA inquiry finds.

A small stencil used by Sir Edmund Hillary to mark crates for one of his expeditions is likely to go on show in the Hillary family home.

A bus passenger was taken to hospital after she was hit in the head by an object thrown through the bus window.

A crime prevention programme reduced suburban burglaries by more than 60 per cent in a recent trial.

A motorcyclist was spotted travelling along a busy stretch of SH1 at a speed described by one officer as unsurvivable if there was a crash.

Sir John Walker lobbies ministers to help his successful youth programmes.

A man charged with murdering an elderly woman in her home has told a court he is guilty of her manslaughter.

A south Auckland store owner caught selling counterfeit Michael Jackson CDs will be sentenced next month.

The lawyer representing the man accused of a hit-and-run murder says he intended only to steal the victim's bag.

A businesswoman was run down and killed after she chased a thief who allegedly snatched her handbag, a court has heard.