A schoolgirl athletics champion chased a burglar armed with a gun after he was interrupted robbing her Auckland home.

A Whangarei woman resorted to theft in order to fund her addiction to psychic hotlines.

Thieves with an eye for luxury have a new target: the big cars driven by Remuera's well-to-do mothers to drop off their toddlers at childcare.

A handful of photographs and a lock of hair were all the Hayer family had to remember their baby girl Nia by - and now they are gone.

Australian grandmother Ann Marcia Casey's life as a fugitive today came to an end in a US court room.

Details of how a former investment banker stole nearly $18 million in NZ's largest employee theft will stay secret until the man is sentenced next month.

Frauds totalling $98m were brought before the courts last year, a report released today reveals.

A man accused of robbing and fatally shooting a South Auckland store owner fired a practice shot at home, then called for volunteers to join him in the raid, a court has heard.

The Herald can reveal that the largest employee theft in NZ history - of nearly $18m - was discovered by a fluke.