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'Police will hold to account': Four arrested after alleged aggravated robbery
Police have made four arrests after the aggravated robbery in Whangārei's Te Kamo.
Youth held in cells overnight increases tenfold in two years
Youth held in police cells skyrockets due to lack of beds, rising youth crime.
Christopher Luxon on the potential of extending the residential part of bootcamps
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on the potential of extending the residential part of the bootcamps. Video/ Mark Mitchell
Auckland mall allegedly ram-raided by five youths as young as 12
Police called to Silverdale on Auckland’s Hibiscus Coast about 4.35am.
Large fire in West Melton and Syria celebrates end of Assad regime | NZ Herald News Update
Fire crews battle to contain a large fire in Canterbury's West Melton overnight and Syria celebrates the end of the Assad family's 50-year regime. Video / NZ Herald
Jarrod Gilbert: Prison report reveals heartbreak of youth incarceration cycle
OPINION: Is Corrections able to address failings in how we handle young offenders?
Letters: Don't let Auckland Airport proceeds become council piggy bank
OPINION: 'Is NZ a First World country? I wonder.'
Auckland police arrest two dirt bikers following ride across city
Police arrest two bikers following a crackdown of up to 100 dirt bike riders across Auckland. Video / Supplied
Youths missing from bootcamp found as police respond to carjacking, machete-wielding teens in Hamilton
OT confirm two teens missing from bootcamp found. Police found armed youths in stolen car.
'Unacceptable behaviour': 11yo arrested on North Shore after rocks hurled at elderly man
A witness said the elderly man was sitting on some grass when the boy threw rocks at him.
Homicide investigation launched in Clendon Park
Homicide investigation launched after man presents at South Auckland medical centre with gunshot wounds. Video / NZ Herald
Bootcamp youth dies after accident, another on the run after absconding from mate's tangi
The Herald understands the death was caused by a car accident.
Judge intervenes after 14-year-old girl faced second night in police cells
A lawyer says social workers are spending the night with youths as there are no beds.
Opinion: We know enough about brain development to know youth offending reforms probably won’t work
OPINION: When dogma wins out over data, we can’t expect positive results.
The Siren Call
Christchurch documentarian Nadia Maxwell's TikTok experiment, posing as a 13-year-old girl, revealed shocking results as inappropriate content appeared almost immediately.
Boot camp pilot participant allegedly reoffends, minister disappointed
Children’s Minister Karen Chhour said it would be naïve to think no one would reoffend.
Failing student kills 8, injures 17 in knife attack at Chinese school
Yixing police said the suspect was a 21-year-old former student at the school.
Jury rejects 16yo's self-defence claim after plunging knife into schizophrenic stranger's neck
But the group also rejected a murder finding.
Letters: A healthy society doesn't leave people behind
OPINION: Also in today's letters – abuse redress; hard health facts; populism v fascism.
Stabbed and walked away laughing: Teen's ongoing trauma after shopping mall attack
'Small disagreements' led to a teen stalking a peer around a mall and stabbing her.
Flagstaff Fresh Choice attempted robbery
CCTV footage shows a woman trying to steal from Fresh Choice Flagstaff, with help from a child, on November 2. Video / Supplied
Teen describes moment he stabbed stranger's neck at Auckland bus stop
“Oh f***, that’s no good," he recalled thinking as blood started spurting.
Opinion: Luxon digs himself an embarrassing hole over the use of force at boot camps
OPINION: The PM, grilled by Mike Hosking, negates what Cabinet has already approved.
Elderly disabled woman wards off intruder
Toria Newman has been a target three times in recent years. Video / Supplied
Parents in firing line as youth crime rises in NZ
More support from justice system, whole-of-community response needed: Mitchell
Armed units in Moana Ave, Onehunga after fatal stabbing
A large number of armed units were deployed to Moana Ave in Onehunga last night. Video / NZ Herald
Oranga Tamariki accepts reoffending possible as boot camp pilot teens return to community
The three-month in-residence phase has finished but now the 'hard work is just beginning'.