A financial adviser who spent some of the $4.7million he stole from investors on flash cars and a lavish lifestyle was not entirely motivated by personal gain, his lawyer has told the Court of Appeal.
Three pairs of German tourists are questioning New Zealand's good reputation after having their campervans broken into and thousands of dollars worth of items stolen.
A Tauranga man has been sentenced to three years and four months in jail for kidnapping and bashing a man who had just accidentally killed his 18-year-old friend.
A former Central Otago goldmine worker has admitted stealing gold-bearing sand, which police later found in a plastic lunchbox at his home.
Armed men wearing goggles robbed a TAB in Lynfield last night.
A man arrested for stealing a police patrol car over the weekend has admitted he didn't realise what type of vehicle it was - despite its flashing light.
New Zealand sheep have become a prime target for rustlers over the British summer.
The key suspect in an aggravated bank robbery in central Auckland yesterday is still on the run.
A fake plastic gun used in an armed bank robbery this morning was found discarded with a jacket in a bar toilet near the scene of the crime.
Former Rockforte Finance director John Patrick Gardner has plead guilty to five Crimes Act charges in the High Court at Gisborne today.
A woman who stole more than $450,000 from a prominent Auckland couple has been sent to prison for three years and four months.
A serial fraudster who worked as a prostitute while on home detention has today been jailed for two years, six months.
Police have busted a sophisticated copper-stealing ring which left innocent people at risk of electrocution across the Waikato.
An acclaimed art dealer has been cleared of allegations he stole valuable paintings from a top New Zealand artist.
Hugh Foster faces an eight-week hospital stay after two alleged bank robbers in a stolen car smashed into the back of his ute on the Southern Motorway.
I've never been a burglar (breaking into a building to commit a crime) or a robber (nicking something while using violence or the threat of violence to do so).
A jury is deciding whether a Christchurch drilling boss who detained two thieves caught siphoning fuel did so legally and with reasonable force.