A couple used Kiwi ingenuity and a simple hidden camera to catch a thief who allegedly stole more than $36,000.

A serial parking meter ram-raider has gone to prison for five years but has not been ordered to pay the $415,000 bill for the damage he did.

A shopkeeper was hit on the head with a hammer and had her wrists and ankles bound with lavalavas before a teenager stole money from her till.

A teenager who fired a shot during the robbery of a Christchurch tavern yesterday is bearing the injuries of a struggle with patrons.

A man has been arrested over the theft of more than 20 geckos taken from two separate locations in Northland over the past 10 days.

Police say a customised 1967 Chevrolet Camaro - stolen while its owner watched an All Blacks game at the pub - is too "hot" to stay in New Zealand.

A man was doused in petrol but managed to crawl to safety as his hotel burned to the ground after a robbery this morning.

An arrest has been made in relation to the bomb threat that closed a major Christchurch road yesterday afternoon.

A masked, one-armed man carried the loot bag while his accomplice aimed a rifle and threw staff to the ground during an armed robbery.

Seven native forest geckos have been snatched from their enclosure at a Northland conservation park.