High Alert, New Zealand's drug early warning system, is celebrating five years of reducing harm from dangerous drugs. Since its public launch on June 26,... Read More

Police and Oranga Tamariki routinely rejected evidence of child abuse without getting input from health professionals, says the doctor who treated murdered 5-year-old... Read More

A customs officer at New Zealand's biggest airport says it is not just the amount of drugs coming across the borders that is surprising, but the fact that... Read More

A cousin of murdered 5-year-old Malachi Subecz says she was 'terrified” when he was handed over to the woman who would eventually kill him. Megan... Read More

DISTRESSING CONTENT WARNING A man forced two children to watch as he cut off puppies' heads with an axe. Brian Herbert Waru also hung the pet dog,... Read More

Warning: This story deals with details of sexual violence and may be distressing. A sexual predator who groomed a Rotorua 13-year-old on Snapchat then raped... Read More

The mother of a Malachi Subecz, who was murdered by a caregiver, has broken down in tears in court while recalling her final conversation with her son. Jasmine... Read More

DISTRESSING CONTENT WARNING The rider of a Harley Davidson motorcycle who hit and killed two pedestrians had 70 driving infringements, as well as 11 previous... Read More

A 'plague of hoons” on motorbikes riding illegally in Tauranga parks has neighbours fed up and worried about people's safety after near misses. Buddy... Read More

Two men charged over the alleged hit-and-run death of Rotorua deaf and blind man Paige Johnson have denied a range of charges. Riki Ronald Edward Lum, from... Read More

A violent neo-Nazi hate group with international reach has been relisted as a terrorist entity by the New Zealand Government, amid ongoing efforts to prevent... Read More

A Tauranga dairy owner is feeling panicked as his sales plummet after a ram raid. Police called Varinder Singh on July 1 at 1.30am to say that his store had... Read More