Police are warning people not to give their PIN numbers to anyone over the phone after bank card scammers strike in Wellington.

Police want to identify two people after bank card scammers struck small businesses in Wellington's CBD.

A man charged after a police officer was dragged under a stolen patrol car has been remanded on bail.

Double killer Rufus Junior Marsh, a career criminal who spent just 18 months out of jail since he was 14, has died in prison.

Police have released security footage of three masked men who robbed a South Auckland tavern at gunpoint on Tuesday.

The manager of a South Auckland tavern that was robbed of up to $20,000 yesterday says he is pleased his customers escaped unhurt.

A Christchurch man allegedly committed three burglaries on Christmas Day - and stole children's presents.

One thousand litres of hypophosphorus acid, a key ingredient in P manufacturing, was stolen from a factory in January, it was revealed this week.

An 82-year-old woman was kidnapped by three young women and driven around in the back of her own car while her captors robbed her of more than $1500.

A former sports star embezzled $450,000 then gambled it away.

An Auckland mother is planning to uproot her two children and leave her family home after being burgled seven times in just over a year.

An Auckland Prison inmate left police a taunting note on a concrete slab before cutting his way through a steel perimeter fence to freedom.