Authorities released an early ransom note in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in hopes that someone will recognise the writing style.
Crime and Justice
1:30pm
Robert Bush was sentenced in northeastern England after a five-day hearing in which more than 200 victims described the devastating impact of his crimes.
8:17am
Police said they arrested a 28-year-old as he was breaking into a house, capping a morning of offences reported from South Dunedin to Port Chalmers.
Friday 7:06pm
Jessica Treviño was told her permission to be in the US was being terminated because of "unauthorised travel" – stemming from her deportation.
Friday 6:50pm
Rapper Yung Filly was acquitted of three sexual penetration charges but found guilty of two assault offences over a September 2024 incident.
Friday 5:48pm
Tyre tracks tear through the grass area on Fyffe Quay by Jimmy Armers Beach, on Kaikōura's Peninsula.
Environment
Friday 5:10pm
The Minister of Justice said the point of the legislation was to be "tough" on gang members and the law "will not be changing".
Politics
Friday 4:48pm
The officer was the first to reach Phillips on the morning of September 8, 2025, when the fugitive Marokopa father tried to flee police after a burglary in Piopio.
Friday 3:54pm
He was charged with four counts of unlawful sexual connection with a male aged 12 to 16 and three counts of indecent assault on a boy aged between 12 and 16.
Friday 1:58pm
The bizarre crash in Archerfield was captured on camera, as the car became airborne before smashing through the side of a bus that had no passengers on board.
Friday 11:22am
1:25
The testimonies were made in the Massachusetts trial of Lindsay Clancy, who says she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children.
Friday 8:42am
1:33
The teacher encouraged students to play a game where they slapped each other, demonstrated an intimate scene on a pupil, and showed up to work impaired by alcohol.
Friday 6:00am
Police release photos in effort to identify two people after the incident last week.
Thu, Jul 30
Ten people have now been charged over a July 16 brawl outside the courthouse, which left a man critically injured and required staff to physically intervene.
The shooting in the waning hours of the Bite of Seattle festival near the Space Needle left three people dead, including a 19-year-old suspect.
Matekino Matthews had her registration cancelled after she was found guilty of serious misconduct, which included sexual relations with a college student "to the fullest degree".
Jurors listened to the anguished 911 call Patrick Clancy made after returning from an errand to find Lindsay Clancy had strangled their three children in their Massachusetts home.
The watchdog today released its findings into the 2023 incident, concluding an officer was not justified in striking a man in the head with a 40mm sponge round launcher during an arrest.
Police said the victim was approached on State Ave at around 6.10am on Thursday by an offender allegedly carrying a firearm, who demanded the keys to their black Volkswagen.
Police shut down 14 grow houses in Rotorua, removing up to $6.5 million worth of cannabis from the black market, and resulting in the arrest of 16 people.
A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism.
Police confirmed the child's mother visited police the day before her body was found alongside her toddler's in a suspected double murder-suicide.
Two people who attended a prestigious Michigan fine arts school reported conduct of a sexual nature by Jeffrey Epstein, a major donor.
Police said the house was robbed over the period of a week and a moving van was needed to return the belongings.
Wed, Jul 29
Properties, cash, motor vehicles, a jet ski and jewellery – all seized by police.
