Crime

Tupaea Mika had a previous conviction for drink-driving while still a teenager.

A jury found Tim Jago guilty of sexually abusing two teenage boys in the 1990s.

Four people have been arrested.

The judge granted interim name suppression for the 34-year-old woman.

The gunman was identified as a 40-year-old Iraq War veteran and outdoorsman.

A charge will be dropped against a trucking company involved in the death of a road worker.

Fourteen years before Esarona Lologa set fire to Loafers Lodge - killing five people - he attacked a teenager with a machete.

The woman was assisting police with their investigation into the death.

Police used pepper spray, tasers, a police dog and a firearm to subdue a man during the incident.

RNZ understands two people were stabbed during the incident, one of whom died at the scene.

RNZ understands two people were stabbed in the incident on State Highway 2.

Esarona Lologa has been convicted of five counts of murder and one of arson.

Recent reports from the chief ombudsman and Office of the Inspectorate expressed concerns that human rights were being breached.

'It will take some time for them to get over what has happened to them,' judge says.

Police are asking the public to help them find a man behind a series of robberies, using an e-scooter as a getaway vehicle.

The man is accused of child sex abuse charges dating back to the 1980s.

A sense of relief and justice was underscored by incredible heartache, as families of the Loafers Lodge fire victims "got justice".

We piece together Esarona David Lologa's background after his five-week trial.

The 50-year-old, who can now be named as Esarona David Lologa, set the Wellington boarding house alight.