Damage from vehicles to the berm on Harbour Dr in Ōtūmoetai.

'Pattern of behaviour': Burnouts, drug use on Tauranga waterfront

Resident Matt McHardy said drug use and dealing happened in cars parked on the grass verge across from homes, at all times of day.

6:00am

Experts say the material is now spreading across mainstream social media, chat forums, and search platforms. 

Surge in AI-generated child abuse images raises alarm over NZ laws

Global watchdogs have recorded an explosion in AI-generated child sexual abuse material.

6:59pm

2:24

Three charged after man suffers 'life threatening injuries' in attack

Three charged after man suffers 'life threatening injuries' in attack

The reported group assault occurred at a residential address on Northolt Rd in the Hamilton suburb of Fairview Downs at around 9.25pm on Monday.

4:16pm

Wai Lai was walking to work in the Melbourne CBD when she was stabbed.

Alleged stabber charged over random Melbourne CBD attack

Wan Lai was on her way to work on October 2 when the alleged offender ran up from behind and stabbed her.

4:00pm

1:27

Hayden Donald Jason Tasker, 32, of Motueka pictured leaving court in January.

Man charged with murdering Lyn Fleming has case moved to Christchurch

Hayden Tasker appeared at the High Court in Wellington by video link from jail today.

1:29pm

Phillips was fatally shot by police on September 8 after he shot and critically injured a police officer.

High Court injunction over details in Tom Phillips case continues

Phillips died following a shootout with police after they were called to reports of a burglary in the early hours of September 8.

12:15pm

Jason Butler with his daughter Maata and mokopuna

Charge laid over disappearance of Jason Butler – family issues plea

Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Wilson said it had been a long and extensive investigation while the whānau waited four years for answers.

11:10am

CCTV showed the tradie tackle a man after he allegedly attempted to rob a petrol station on the Gold Coast.

Watch: Tradie tackles alleged petrol station robber in Gold Coast

"I was shitting myself to be quite honest but he had to be stopped," Murray Allen said.

Fri, Oct 17

0:16

Alcoholic drink and car keys on a dark background (file image).

Drink-driver caused fatal crash, hours after being disqualified

The grieving widow of a Canterbury man killed in a car crash says it is ridiculous that the drunk and disqualified driver responsible for his death was behind the wheel after being convicted of drink-driving on the same day.

Fri, Oct 17

1:31

Police said it was not clear whether the man they were appealing for sightings of was still in the area or in nearby areas.

Police seek man as they investigate woman's death in Pahiatua

Police investigating the suspicious death of a woman in Pahiatua are seeking help from the public on sightings of a man possibly involved in the incident.

Fri, Oct 17

1:31

This image, provided by the Nassau County District Attorney, in Mineola, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025, shows a cup with straw used by Richard Bilodeau.

Discarded straw leads to murder charges for 1984 New York killing

Three men were convicted in the killing and served several years in prison before they were exonerated by DNA evidence in 2003.

Thursday 7:00pm

New Zealand kekeno / fur seal.

Dogs ordered to be destroyed after prolonged attack on fur seal

Tasman man Sebastian Marinkovich was walking his two dogs when they spotted a kekeno and began their assault.

Thursday 6:09pm

2:16

Boy in a wheelchair.

Adelaide mum who faked son's cancer admits $13,000 deception

The 45-year-old woman faked her six-year-old son's cancer diagnosis by putting him in a wheelchair with bandages to imitate radiotherapy treatment.

Thursday 6:01pm

In the Auckland District Court today, Judge Catherine Maxwell sentenced the company an aggregate fine of $845,000 – apportioned $169,000 equally across five charges.

HelloFresh fined $845k for misleading customers in 'subscription traps'

The meal-kit company has been sentenced after pleading guilty to misleading behaviour under the Fair Trading Act.

Thursday 4:59pm

Hamze crime family boss Bilal Hamze enters a Japanese restaurant in Sydney.

Jury debates Sydney underworld murder for almost a month

Samuel John Rokomaqisa pleaded not guilty to murdering Hamze crime family boss Bilal Hamze in June 2021.

Thursday 4:30pm

Police say children were involved with drug dealing in Ōpōtiki

Police say children were involved with drug dealing in Ōpōtiki

Police said at one address, children and young people were present and implicated in the supply of cannabis, which was of "serious concern".

Thursday 4:28pm

Constable Friederike Faber and Sergeant Richard Bracey.

'He's got a lighter': Officers fought offender in burning garage

Responding to a routine family harm call, the two officers found themselves tussling with an offender holding a lighter in a petrol-soaked garage.

Thursday 3:11pm

A Melbourne woman has been arrested after allegedly stealing wigs for children with cancer.

Melbourne woman arrested over theft of wigs for child cancer patients

The woman allegedly stole the wigs "as they were about to be taken to hospital to be given to children with cancer".

Thursday 1:26pm

Police were first called to an address on Sabana Pl, in Tauranga's Bethlehem, after a person reported a relative being shot at by an individual shortly after 8am.

Sponge rounds and Taser stop armed, fleeing driver in Bay of Plenty

Police were first called to an address in Bethlehem after a person reported a relative being shot at shortly after 8am.

Thursday 1:10pm

Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded.

Report finds faulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible

The report also said the wreckage of the Titan likely would have been found sooner had OceanGate followed standard guidance for emergency response.

Thursday 12:25pm

Chloe had images stolen from her social media, manipulated and uploaded to porn sites. (Composite image: Vinay Ranchhod)

NZ makes first deepfake porn prosecution, but are we equipped for AI onslaught?

She rejected him in high school, he took his revenge via AI and was prosecuted. But with deepfake porn on the rise, why are such prosecutions so rare?

Thursday 6:00am

Emergency services were called to the crash in Ōhaupō shortly before 5pm.

Driver in horror crash 'significantly impaired' by nitrous oxide use – coroner

Five people died north of Te Awamatu last year when a car failed to take a bend and hit an oncoming vehicle.

Thursday 6:00am

Gordon Twaddle, Karen Edwards, and Tim Thomson. (Source: Queensland Police Service)

'Put the bike away': Father told son after triple Outback homicide

Bruce John Preston, 70, on Wednesday returned to testify at the two-week inquest into the 1978 murders of Karen Edwards, 23, Tim Thomson, 31, and Gordon Twaddle, 21, in outback Queensland.

Wed, Oct 15

Aydan and his grey Mazda ute.

Police release photo of man and ute missing for over eight weeks

Aydan was last seen in the Hamilton suburb of Chartwell going missing on August 17.

Wed, Oct 15

Police at the scene of the shooting on Tuarangi Road in Auckland's Grey Lynn on September 5, 2024. Photo: RNZ / Jessica Hopkins

Kayden Stanaway pleads guilty to murdering Maxwel-Dee Repia

Repia died on a central Auckland roadside after being shot during neighbourhood dispute in Grey Lynn.

Wed, Oct 15