Police

As travellers return home from the long weekend, crashes have closed or backed up parts of the main highway.

An 18-year-old faces charges of causing harm by posting digital communication, after threatening the Wellington Islamic Centre.

Police insist they have a responsibility to victims and their families to thoroughly investigate road crashes.

Karen Gilbert-Palmer was found dead on 15 October and Police have been searching for her son, Jeremy Robertson, for over a week in connection with her death.

Jevon McSkimming resigned as the country's second most powerful cop in May and is now facing charges of possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality materials.

The 17-year old was reported missing from the Palmerston North area in mid-October, police said.

At least three judges have ruled in favour of returning patches to gang members in the year since legislation criminalising the display of gang insignia came into effect.

The man whose body was found a month ago has now been formally identified.

"We've seen close calls before, we've seen falling branches just miss people", says the woman who came across the man hit by a falling branch.

The sign-written car was found with a hole in its rear window.

The company's director Hemi Arapeta Tiopira has not responded to RNZ's multiple requests for comment.

Police say its never too late for those who know what happened to the toddler to tell the truth.

A woman was found dead at a home in Arthur Street, Pahīatua, on 15 October.

Police have asked anyone with information to get in touch.

A cargo plane flying from Dubai skidded off the runway into the sea while landing at Hong Kong International Airport.

The daylight robbery took just seven minutes, but it didn't go off without a hitch. Audio

The crash involved a car and a motorbike on Halcombe Rd, police said.

Police are still investigating the circumstances of the crash in Ngāruawāhia between a car and motorbike.

Hayden Tasker, 32 appeared by video link from prison in the High Court at Wellington on Friday.

Police received a report of the incident just after 3am on State Highway 1 near Brynderwyn.