Crime

Police were alerted to three separate reports of arson around Rolleston.

A forensic scientist claims a hair found on the dead woman did not match the victim or the accused.

Jury in Helen Gregory murder trial told that blood looked like it had been applied with fabric.

Police have received several reports of suspicious bush and scrub fires.

A 20-year-old man faces one charge over the crash on the Niagara-Tokanui Highway.

The maximum length of time someone can be trespassed from a business, as well as the maximum fines, are set to increase.

Three community programmes are receiving $5 million from the pool of money seized from criminals.

Victims of Barry Kloogh's $15.7 million had their lives "wrecked", the Parole Board said, before turning down his bid to be released.

A legal analyst says Sean "Diddy" Combs "for all practical purposes, has won" with the verdicts.

A man's girlfriend became so enraged at seeing him in a recent photo with his family that she waited outside a school for his wife and then followed her in the car.

The terrorist label has been dropped for the Proud Boys, but its ideology still lurks online in New Zealand.

The loose-knit but aggressive hacking group has been accused of stealing data from some of the world's largest companies.

What is claimed as a first-of-its-kind workplace performance service from New Zealand is gaining global attention from law enforcement and defence agencies.

Police say it could lead to a fatal accident, and they would take a "hard line" with any scrap yards who receive the stolen materials.

Australian police have charged a second man with serious offences, including bestiality.