A woman's Facebook whinge about wanting to leave work became an invitation to burgle for a "friend".

A man accused of robbing three Auckland banks appeared in court this morning.

A mother and a man abandoned three children after the pair were caught shoplifting at Taupo's Pak'n Save supermarket.

Police are following a number of leads in the hunt for an armed bank robber following a front-page newspaper splash.

A Swedish neo-Nazi has been jailed for the theft of the infamous 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign from the Auschwitz Nazi death camp.

A man appeared in court today charged with burglary and unlawfully taking two vehicles in west Auckland, which may be connected to an arson attack on a residential property.

A con-artist has taken thousands of dollars from Northland shops in a sophisticated Eftpos scam. Police say the scam - involving a fake courier - is likely to have been used elsewhere in New Zealand

Police are looking for two men who held up a dairy with an axe in Wellington this afternoon.