Police

The laptops were stolen overnight from Auckland's Blockhouse Bay Intermediate School.

Disgraced former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming told staff to make changes after an acquaintance complained they might lose their licence. Audio

Amber-Leigh Hunwick, 43, also suffered from the lasting effects of a Covid-19 infection.

Police believe fires in Epsom and Newmarket are linked to a man expected to appear in Auckland District Court.

Police are trying to identify a man who died suddenly on Friday and have appealed for any information.

The five-month operation culminated in raids across Auckland and Waikato, seizing guns, drugs and cash.

Simran was last seen in Whakatāne, but the police had located her vehicle in Pongakawa and believe she still may be in that area.

"Firearms in the hands of the wrong people pose a significant risk to our communities," the officer leading the investigation says.

Police received a report of a two-vehicle crash near the Tram Road on-ramp around 6.25am.

The most significant challenge yet to the police's growing use of a private number-plate spotting network is being mounted.

Police urge vigilance in crowded places, warning extremist violence in NZ remains a "realistic possibility."

Police reportedly tap into the Auckland-based Auror system 250,000 times a year, often outside big retailers and petrol stations.

The man was seen bleeding from the left side of his face as bystanders outside Hobsonville Woolworths tended to him.

In one of the two incidents, the Armed Offenders Squad had to be called to an address.

A 23-year-old man has been charged after a match ended in a fight that left a player with a broken jaw.

A group of clergy members have chained themselves together outside the finance minister's office in Wellington, while five trespass notices have been served at another protest in Auckland.

It comes nearly two months after the retirement of Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura.

Police are looking into whether a man found with serious injuries at a Queenstown intersection last night was injured earlier and dumped at the intersection.