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Supermarket giant changing store design amid retail crime 'tsunami' - National
From shoplifting to weightlifting? More to 'boot camps' than imagined, National says.

Fire warning light caused emergency response at Auckland airforce base
Emergency responded to reports of a fire in the cockpit of a plane.

Hercules makes emergency landing at Whenuapai Air Force Base
An engine had to be shut down following a "technical problem".

Motorists warned of delays in Whenuapai due to crash
One person has been taken to hospital in critical condition.

RNZAF plane lands safely after engine fluid leak
Police were poised to respond to the incident.

Another ram raid: Thieves go straight for 'the smokes' in Whenuapai heist
A mini mart in Whenuapai has been targeted by ram-raid thieves overnight.

'Incomprehensibly barbarous and cruel': Men sentenced for kidnap, torture session
The torture, like something out of a Tarantino movie, was "incomprehensibly cruel".

Man who stabbed ex-friend to death ordered to serve five years' prison after murder acquittal
Isaac Allen Harnwell, 34, raised his hands as if in victory as he was led out of court.

Primary school student at Whenuapai School in West Auckland tests positive
Health teams are still trying to work out if the student was infectious while at school.

Jurors return to High Court murder trial after month long pause for Covid-19 lockdown
Isaac Allen Harnwell is accused of fatally stabbing former friend Coubin Tamatoa.

Kabul airport gauntlet: Elation, relief as NZ group reach friendly forces
Group including elderly woman in wheelchair gets over sewage-filled canal to NZ soldiers.

Afghan mercy dash: First NZDF flight lands at Kabul, picks up desperate evacuees
RNZAF C-130 spends just 30 minutes on tarmac - just hours after deadly gunfight.

Fatally stabbed in eye, chest: Stabber says it was accident
'There you are, you little ****. I'm gonna kill you': Murder-accused says he was scared.

Suspect lured from cavity after tug-of-war at door, murder trial told
Cops chasing homicide suspect heard scuffling and sound like "slide action on pistol".

Murder trial: Best mate rejects 'standover' claims
Fatal stabbing: "He was holding his eye and saying 'Aah, what the f***?'"

Donuts, drugs and threats before fatal stabbing
'He'll never hurt you again, girl': Man's words after West Auckland stabbing.

Two people dead in serious car-truck crash in West Auckland
The crash happened on Brigham Creek Rd.

Auckland Council hits small rural communities with big rate rise
About 7500 town and lifestyle property owners have been hit with big rate rises.

Whenuapai School evacuated after incident near air base
The NZDF Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal team has been called in.

Thousands of Auckland households face rate rise up to 23 per cent
Many of the 7500 households have poor public transport and no footpaths.

Fears turn to cheers as lost diver helps rescuers land marlin
Wellington 67-year-old spent night clinging to rocks at remote Three Kings Islands.