An Auckland property manager has been charged with stealing expensive sports cars using "hacker thief" techniques.

Two teenage backpackers who lost everything after thieves broke into their rental van have been reunited with their stolen belongings.

An old olive wood Bible has been stolen from an Auckland family in a brazen daylight burglary - and they are now offering a reward in a desperate bid to have it returned.

Any hopes of a nude Pirates rugby team have been dashed with the return of most of the senior team’s jerseys.

Pirates' senior rugby team is facing the prospect of a nude alternative strip after its playing kit was stolen at the weekend.

Dancing with the Stars judge Candy Lane has turned to social media to try to find the people responsible for breaking into her car in broad daylight.

A hotline set up after a giant stash of stolen goods was uncovered has helped return stolen motorbikes and kitchen appliances to burglary victims.

A huge stash of stolen goods found by police, including scaffolding, dishwashers, fireworks and a 30,000-litre water tank, was so big it took up 12 shipping containers and a few sheds.

A car stolen as its owner was praying at a South Auckland mosque is believed to have crashed in a police chase after unauthorised bank withdrawals gave away its route.

By contacting their stolen mobile phone, a group of Auckland students have sweet-talked their possessions back from a remorseful robber.

ODT reporter Hamish McNeilly has a blunt message for the thief who raided midwife Nicki Cowan's car after she answered an emergency call at 3am.

Two grieving Dunedin mothers are heartbroken after "scumbags" targeted mementoes on their children's graves.

A Commonwealth Games cyclist is devastated after his prized medal was stolen during the burglary of his Auckland home.

Thieves have targeted Hirepool in Auckland and Wellington, stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of hire trucks, trailers and outdoor equipment.

A gift of five bikes has been made to an Auckland school for a second time - after the donated wheels were stolen during the summer holidays.

Two teenagers are being hunted by police in connection to a "traumatic" robbery of a wheelchair-bound Christchurch woman.

A woman has been charged with stealing more than $150,000 from a leading Kiwi fashion label - some of which was allegedly used to buy a puppy.

Cancer survivor Jill Kohlis has had two cars stolen and trashed within two weeks.

A teacher jailed after losing about $1.5m of investors’ money in a failed Ponzi scheme has been censured and deregistered by the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal.

An Auckland police constable stripped off his police uniform and dove into the sea to apprehend a man making off in a stolen row boat yesterday.

Isis' vaunted exercise in state-building appears to be crumbling as living conditions deteriorate across the territories under its control.

Two teenagers will appear in court today charged over the burglary of the Blenheim home of former All Blacks star Leon MacDonald.

Thieves broke into former All Black Leon MacDonald's Blenheim home over the weekend and stole up to 15 international rugby jerseys, police say.