Mark Mitchell

Police Minister Mark Mitchell, whose honesty about the reality of police recruitment crashed head on with political realities last week.  Audio

A series of violent smash and grabs at a jewellery store chain, including one in the police minister's electorate and a stabbing at an Auckland supermarket marred the weekend. In two separate… Video, Audio

The new Police Minister, Mark Mitchell, says he's confident Commissioner Andrew Coster will implement the new Government's policing expectations.

The pair met on Thursday, for the first time since… Audio

The Corrections Minister is confident the country's jails will be properly staffed and able to take on as many prisoners as needed as the government gets tough on crime. National coalition deals… Video, Audio

The Corrections Minister is confident the country's jails will be properly staffed and able to take on as many prisoners as needed as the government gets tough on crime. National coalition deals… Audio

The new Emergency Management and Recovery Minister, Mark Mitchell, is visiting Gisborne on Friday to see cyclone and flood ravaged communities for himself.

Mayors in Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay have… Audio

National's promised to crack down on gangs in its first hundred days in government. So what is that actually going to look like in a town like Opotiki where gang tensions are simmering to boiling… Audio

There's nowhere to hide from law and order this election, with ram raids, gangs and violent offending grabbing headlines up and down the motu.

Ministry of Justice statistics - released on Wednesday -… Audio

Police are warning residents of Albany to expect an increased presence as they search for the offender after launching a homicide investigation.

A person died from their injuries following an… Audio

The ACT Party has this month latched on to a Question Time tactic of using consecutive supplementary questions on a repetitive theme as a pile-on against the government. Audio

Crime is set to be a big election year issue, with polls showing the public feels unsafe and the opposition claiming the government is 'soft' on offending. A pair of Herald journalists have tried to… Audio

Ram raids are up 55% nationwide over the past three months, with 68 in April alone.

In response to calls for support the government is rolling out an $11-million dollar boost to its fog cannon fund… Audio

National says courts are increasingly ignoring police oppposition to bail - and the government's approach to the justice system is to blame.

The party has released numbers showing in 2018, bail was… Audio

Drive-by shootings dramatically increased at the height of inter-gang conflict between the Tribesmen and Killer Beez last year. 

A report - from the inter-governmental Gang Intelligence Centre - also… Audio

The opposition is braying for Stuart Nash to lose his remaining ministerial warrants. 

He's resigned from the police portfolio - after criticising the courts and asking the Police Commissioner if he… Audio

New data released by National shows retail crime is up by almost 40 percent compared with 2022. 

There is now an average of 292 retail crimes recorded each day. 

Police say the data is skewed… Audio

National's police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says the government's response on crime in Hawke's Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle has been too slow.

The Prime Minister has announced more police are being… Video, Audio

This government is "soft on crime", and offenders are operating "with impunity".

That's what the National Party says about the government's latest plans for tackling retail crime. 

The party says… Audio