Police

Jayleb-Che Dean went missing from a swimming spot in Rotorua on 30 September 2025.

The country's second-highest ranking police officer oversaw road policing and operational services - he was also secretly watching child sexual exploitation and bestiality. Audio

Disgraced former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming has admitted possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.

A man is in hospital with serious injuries after he was attacked by several offenders in his Ōpōtiki home on Thursday morning.

It follows revelations more than 100 police staff were under investigation for falsifying 30,000 tests.

Officers will be around Somerville Street and Awamate Road.

The number of staff involved, and the fact it occurred across the country, points to wider problems, Barbara Buckett says.

A cordon was set up with a dozen police officers surrounding a property.

A serious crash has closed two roads in Gordonton on Wednesday.

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Elliot Street and Ray Small Drive at 2.04pm.

A rapid review ordered by Police Commissioner Richard Chambers has resulted in improvements which have already detected some cases of inappropriate content.

Residents at a Wellington apartment complex heard a "helluva bang" before a person fell from a balcony on Sunday.

Police have seized more than 30 firearms and suspended the licences of six people after an investigation into illegal hunting in North Canterbury.

More than 100 officers are under investigation, but police insist there was "no pressure" on staff to meet targets.

Police are probing reports of a possible gunshot, after a person fell from a Brooklyn Road apartment.

Police say they are not looking for anyone else in relation to the murder.

Police issued an amber alert for Pahīatua boy Jimmy Church, who was last seen walking the family dog at 3pm on Friday.

The crash has closed Te Pahu Road in Whatawhata.