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Latest National - Crime

  • South Canterbury fraud accused to appear in May

    South Canterbury fraud accused to appear in May

    Mon, 13th Feb - It will be at least late May before the five defendants charged with 21 offences following the collapse of South Canterbury Finance make an appearance in court... Read more

  • Urewera firearms trial to begin

    Urewera firearms trial to begin

    Sun, 12th Feb - Nearly five years after the so-called Urewera terror raids, four people will go on trial tomorrow on firearms charges... Read more

  • Auck fire station burgled as crew on job

    Auck fire station burgled as crew on job

    Sun, 12th Feb - Firefighters in Auckland returned from fighting a fire to find their station had been burgled... Read more


Latest National - Crime Headlines

  • Report outlines race motivated discrimination

    Report outlines race motivated discrimination

    Sat, 11th Feb - A new survey has found that Asians are the ethnic group most discriminated against here in New Zealand... Read more

  • Furniture man jailed after returning to assault woman

    Furniture man jailed after returning to assault woman

    Sat, 11th Feb - A Blenheim removal man has been jailed for seven years after sexually violating a 50-year-old woman he had months earlier helped move house... Read more

  • Thief steals elderly woman's bag

    Thief steals elderly woman's bag

    Fri, 10th Feb - Police are searching for an offender who stole a handbag from a 91-year-old Wairapara woman... Read more

  • Man following kids in Kapiti Coast

    Man following kids in Kapiti Coast

    Sat, 11th Feb - Police have increased patrols in a lower North Island town following four separate reports of children being followed to or from school by a man... Read more

  • What to do with a drunken passenger

    What to do with a drunken passenger

    Fri, 10th Feb - A man who swore at staff and refused to fold away his tray table has been convicted for behaving disruptively on a flight from Fiji to Auckland... Read more

  • Police release CCTV images - do you know these men?

    Police release CCTV images - do you know these men?

    Fri, 10th Feb - Wellington police have released CCTV images of two men they want to speak to in relation to a violent robbery on Tuesday night... Read more




  • Kim Dotcom's possessions could be sold

    Kim Dotcom's possessions could be sold

    Thu, 09th Feb - A $4 million lifestyle block belonging to alleged internet pirate Kim Dotcom has been seized by the Crown... Read more

  • Man dies while being arrested

    Man dies while being arrested

    Thu, 09th Feb - An investigation has been launched after a man died while being arrested yesterday evening... Read more

  • Family loses $340,000 wih gold bullion trader

    Family loses $340,000 wih gold bullion trader

    Thu, 09th Feb - A family has lost over $340,000 after they invested with a gold bullion trader.. Read more

  • Tougher sentences for attacks on officers

    Tougher sentences for attacks on officers

    Wed, 08th Feb - Attacks on police and prison guards will be considered aggravating factors at sentencing under a law change moving through parliament... Read more

  • Pilots call for import ban on lasers

    Pilots call for import ban on lasers

    Wed, 08th Feb - New Zealand pilots want to ban the import of strong lasers after a court ruled two men would go on trial for pointing a laser at a helicopter... Read more

  • Central Otago man admits killing wife

    Central Otago man admits killing wife

    Thu, 09th Feb - A man has admitted shooting dead his wife at their home in Central Otago last year... Read more

  • Kim Dotcom's mansion seized

    Kim Dotcom's mansion seized

    Thu, 09th Feb - The Coatesville mansion of internet piracy-accused Kim Dotcom has this morning been seized by police... Read more

  • Beatings alleged in arranged marriage

    Beatings alleged in arranged marriage

    Wed, 08th Feb - An Indian man and his mother are accused of beating and forcing an abortion on the man's wife, after she arrived from India in an arranged marriage... Read more

  • Wife murderer released after 20 years

    Wife murderer released after 20 years

    Wed, 08th Feb - Despite still denying he murdered his wife and dumped her body in a Nelson forest more than 20 years ago, James Dahlberg has been released on parole... Read more

  • Father accused of causing baby's injuries

    Father accused of causing baby's injuries

    Tue, 07th Feb - Details of a baby's injuries, including multiple fractures and bleeding to his brain, have been outlined in a Rotorua court as his father went on trial... Read more




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