Crime

Neighbours describe keeping other children at the scene warm until police arrived.

Police have found and arrested Damon Anderson, who fled custody during a visit to Waikato Hospital on 23 December.

A police vehicle was hit by another vehicle during a gathering in Buxton Square Carpark, Nelson.

The children's minister has slammed the actions of young people who climbed onto the roof of their correctional facility as "not a protest", but as disruptive behaviour.

A man has been arrested after two people earlier arrived at an Auckland hospital with serious gunshot wounds.

Waikato police have been granted special permissions allowed in periods of gang conflict, following the death of a woman after a brawl in Ngāruawāhia.

Eight young people have been charged after an hours-long standoff at a South Auckland youth correction facility.

London's Metropolitan police said an intruder targeted a home in the area of Avenue Road in Primrose Hill - one of the most exclusive addresses in the British capital.

Cavillie Maria Simeon died after suffering an injury on Boxing Day

Reif Cotter died after falling from a car on Friday night, police have confirmed

Acting Detective Inspector Andy Saunders said someone who was at the fight knows who is responsible.

Teachers are in prime position to notice signs of child abuse or have a child confide in them, but it is not mandatory for them to know how to respond or report it.

A person is in a critical but stable condition after a fight between two family members in Auckland.

A youth has been arrested and is due to appear in Rotorua Youth Court, say police.

A jewellery store owner is still concerned about safety, months after being hospitalised in a robbery.

Coromandel police say they have carried out over 900 alcohol breath tests across 28 checkpoints yesterday that resulted in five drivers being processed for excess breath alcohol.

Police are searching for those responsible after cars were rammed and on-lookers were sent running and screaming.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman died following an alleged assault in the Waikato town of Ngāruawāhia this afternoon.

Police are searching for a man after a woman trying to retrieve her stolen handbag from a car was dragged along 10 metres of pavement at an Auckland mall.

A man not guilty of his wife's murder and a mother sentenced for the death of her three daughters are just some of the big cases that went through the courts this year.