Crime

A man is facing multiple charges - suspected of being behind seven early morning burglaries, two car thefts and three crashes over just 40 minutes.

There's a well-known saying that justice delayed is justice denied. And in Northland, where the region is facing a growing number of homicides, the wheels of justice are getting increasingly slow.

The study found that 3 years after moving into public housing, alleged offences and court charges among young people reduced by 11.7 percent and 10.9 percent more than the general population.

A man has been arrested following a suspicious house fire in Levin.

A nurse who took more than $100,000 from three colleagues after claiming her mother had died spent the money on gambling and trips overseas.

A man who robbed a post office in Britain armed only with a banana has been jailed for more than three years.

Police have made an arrest after a woman was found dead at a property in the central North Island on Friday.

Brown is charged with an assault in which the victim was allegedly struck several times with a bottle before being pursued, punched and kicked.

Police are appealing for information, after a female was assaulted on the Rangituhi/Colonial Knob walking track.

Police have not yet made an arrest, after a woman was found dead at a Hinerangi Street address.

Police are still hunting, after a man was found with critical injuries in the Auckland suburb last night.

All cordons in the area have been lifted.

Rosey Heurea was on bail when she was caught shoplifting 19 times last year.

A 22-year-old man was arrested and police are searching for two others following the brawl.

Police allege the 21-year-old instructed someone to destroy evidence.

Chris Cahill addressed leaks in relation to Jevon McSkimming's investigation in his latest column in the Police News magazine.

Faye Phelps who was 83 was murdered by elderly mental health patient Elliot Cameron 50 years after he killed his brother.

A man whose wife was murdered by a forensic mental health patient three years ago has not heard from authorities for more than a year and says his family feels "forgotten".