Crime

The victim has been named as 31-year-old Dylan James Coleman, of Westport.

Storm Constable-Carter plead guilty to the creation, distribution and possession of material involving bestiality and the sexual exploitation of children.

A person in Levin has been taken to hospital with what police say appears to be a gunshot wound.

A couple were living the high life financed by family and friends for two years, police say.

The Children's Commissioner is calling for an end to the practice. Audio

Maxine Puhi's family hope her story will help others reach out for help.

Phillips and his three children have been missing since he took them in December 2021.

The 15-year-old boy was arrested last Thursday and charged with burglary after allegedly damaging a property with a group of older teenagers.

The Crown lawyers faced scrutiny over whether claims double convicted murderer David Tamihere had lied had been put to him at trial.

The puppies, estimated to be about six weeks old, were discovered by a member of the public in Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki.

Shots were fired at a house and a wounded man turned up at a healthcare centre in Levin.

Emergency services were called to the country's most secure jail about 9.45am following reports a man had suffered life-threatening injuries.

The missing Marokopa man disappeared in December 2021 with his three children.

A young officer pushed past his seniors and got "unnecessarily and dangerously close" before shooting Shargin Stephens twice with a rifle. Audio

A member of the public was assaulted when they tried to stop four teenagers at an Auckland supermarket.

A soldier with links to far-right groups has admitted handing over and attempting to hand over sensitive information to a person he thought was a foreign agent.

Five Supreme Court judges are hearing an appeal by the convicted double murderer. Audio