Police have named the man who died in an Auckland pharmacy after a struggle early yesterday morning.

The Herald understands a pharmacist struggled with an intruder and was holding the man down before he went into cardiac arrest.

Brazen but brainless thieves have risked their lives by breaking into a Manawatu wind farm switch yard in an apparent attempt to steal copper wire.

Two men accused of packing 14 stolen sheep into a car have been jailed for 10 months.

Carjackings aren't confined to Johannesburg - an Aucklander fell victim to one last night.

TV3 presenter John Campbell. The War Medals case has raised questions about police attempts to force journalists to reveal confidential sources.

He was ageing, bald and a bit pot-bellied, but the man whom the FBI dubbed the 'Granddad Bandit' was, above all, brazen.

Two Salvation Army volunteers have been convicted of stealing groceries intended for the organisation's charity food bank.

Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged arson and burglary of a west Auckland discount store gutted in a fire early today.

Hamilton police are praising neighbours for helping to catch brother and sister burglars yesterday.

Rotorua's runaway millionaires continue to enjoy their ill-gotten fortune in Hong Kong and there is nothing NZ police can do about it.

A police car stolen from a checkpoint in Hamilton in the early hours of today has been found.