Crime

Tyrone Munns, 39, was found critically injured at a social housing complex near the start of March.

Simon Tavita and a friend dropped a 7kg brick on the head of an unconscious stranger and kicked him repeatedly in the head.

He was regarded as a leader in his profession and was well-known in the community.

Tony Ellis wants compensation and an apology for what the two men suffered more than 40 years ago.

The methamphetamine has a street value of up to NZ$4.55 million.

David Rae has served a jail term in the US after pleading guilty to committing international money laundering in connection with two Medicare fraud schemes.

The crash involved a van carrying a group of youths that had been playing at competitions in Hawke's Bay.

The 29-year-old man is facing charges of committing a burglary with a weapon.

The 27-year-old is alleged to have targeted women travelling alone on the service in Wellington.

Two of Zeb Laing's victims were early childcare teachers whom he made contact with through a Facebook messenger account.

Coalition parties campaigned on a law and order crackdown and have now passed legislation they say will make the public feel safer. Audio

A judge has described the fatal attack by a group of Mongrel Mob gang members on the law-abiding residents of a suburban Tauranga property as "gratuitous, wanton violence that at its worst was frankly…