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Meth and guns found in stolen car

The armed offenders squad was called out to the incident on Saturday afternoon. (File photo)

Police were called to a Christchurch property after reports a man was taking meth and had a sawn-off shotgun.

'Pay for linen' after rape report

The allegations centre on Knox College in Dunedin.

An Otago University residential college is criticised for the way it handled a student's rape allegation.

1080 blackmailer declined parole

Jeremy Hamish Kerr denied he would receive financial gain if 1080 was banned.

Jeremy Hamish Kerr has been busy in prison with a beekeeping business.

Before the fire started

Susan Millar has questions, and doubts, about the way her son died.

When police told a mother her son, girlfriend and child were killed in a fire she thought, "he did it".

Man stabbed in chest

Police attended a grievous assault in Christchurch on Saturday evening.

Police have not yet located the person accused of stabbing a man in Christchurch.

Police remain at NP house

A blue tent has gone up in the driveway of the New Plymouth house surrounded by armed police on Saturday morning.

Police cordons on a New Plymouth street have been taken down but armed police remain.

Backing sought for cameras

Proposed security cameras in Feilding's CBD will catch vehicle movements and suspicious people.

It's New Zealand's most beautiful town and it could soon be bristling with security cameras.

Copper thief targets Franklin transformers

Counties Power crews are "proactively surveying" pole-mounted transformers in the Franklin region with a copper thief on ...

A copper thief targeting wires on pole-mounted transformers in Franklin has cost Counties Power about $25,000.

Biggie the dog's fate sealed

Biggie - the dog who failed to have his death penalty overturned.

The owner of a dog that attacked two sheep failed to convince the court he should be discharged without conviction, meaning the dog must die.

Man stabbed on morning walk

A 41-year-old man on a morning walk was attacked by three people on Valley Rd between James St and Gordon St.

A 41-year-old man suffered facial injuries and stab wounds after he was attacked by three people.

The complete liar

David Ross stands in the dock during sentencing in the Wellington District Court in 2013. Although he read a letter to ...

He oversaw one of New Zealand's biggest frauds. As he pleaded the Parole Board for freedom, could he admit the truth?

Survivor reunited with saviour

Osman Ahmed, left, who was shot in the terror attack at the Masjid Al Noor mosque, reunited at the national remembrance ...

Shooting survivor Osman Ahmed was dragged, bleeding, to an ambulance. Now he's met the man who saved him.

Critically injured toddler dies

The child died in Starship Hospital in Auckland, police said.

A 17-month-old child badly injured in Tauranga on Wednesday has died at Starship Hospital, police say.

Search for Waiheke attacker

CCTV footage has been released of two men police would like to identify and speak to in relation to the attack.

A man who left a holidaymaker with facial injuries after an attack on Auckland's Waiheke Island is still being sought by police.

High-risk situations for staff

People working to help victims say domestic violence is more common and complex than we have been ready to admit

Domestic violence: 'Most people want to help but they just don't know what to do.'

Allegedly neglected man's house 'like a student flat'

Bjorn Hegh is on trial in the Palmerston North District Court, accused of neglecting his grandfather Harold Hegh.

Jury set to decide if a man's sloppiness around the house went as far as neglecting his grandfather.

Rubbish truck driver sought

Emergency services work to free a woman from a crashed car in Queenstown.

Police looking for truck driver who drove occupant of crashed car home after a critically injured passenger was abandoned.

No bail for terror video holders

Several people have been charged with either possessing or distributing the deadly Christchurch mosque attack video ...

Two men charged with possessing the Christchurch mosque attack video will remain behind bars.

Christchurch cops' bravery recognised

Footage of a suspect being arrested in Brougham St after the mosque shootings in Christchurch.

The two officers who stopped the alleged gunman in Christchurch will be recognised for their bravery.

British national denies roofing scam

Tommy Ward (left) and William Donohue were charged with fraud over a series of alleged roofing scams in the Auckland region.

Two British men charged with fraud over an alleged roofing scam in Auckland have appeared in court.

Store owner assaults 10-year-old

Super Value supermarket, Edgecumbe. Owner Donald Gorrie assaulted a 10-year-old boy here in January, 2017.

The owner of an Edgecumbe store said he assaulted a boy in self-defence.

Stolen pet turtles returned

The children enjoyed feeding the turtles and cleaning their enclosure (FILE PHOTO).

Ben and Bill were left on the school's front door in a blue bucket of water.

More drug courts needed

Treatment courts focus on offenders who crimes are fuelled by an addiction to drugs or alcohol (file photo).

Drug court advocates say the Government needs to act quickly and introduce the initiative nationwide.

Illegal fishers escape conviction

Dougal Boyd, pictured, escaped conviction, along with Benjamin Rhys Donaldson.

Estate agents who took crayfish illegally escape conviction to help protect their reputations in "competitive industry".

Teen hit man with spade

On Thursday, two Taranaki teens pleaded guilty in New Plymouth District Court to attacking a man who would not give them ...

The teens did not take well to their request being refused.

Insanity report for alleged attacker

Green Park co-leader James Shaw's black eye after he was attacked while walking to work in Wellington.

Man charged with attacking Green Party co-leader James Shaw keeps name suppression while his mental health is checked.

'I had bruising from top to tail'

A push incident that was retaliated with blows has ended in the Timaru District Court with Kieran Neal Whyte being found ...

A feud between neighbours culminated in a South Canterbury man getting beaten unconscious.

Man denies neglecting elderly grandfather

Bjorn Harold Hegh is on trial in the Palmerston North District Court, charged with neglecting his 92-year-old grandfather.

"I loved him," grandson says of the 92-year-old he lived with in Ōtaki.

Shopkeeper foils robbery attempt

Patea Bridge Dairy, where two 17-year-olds failed in their robbery attempt.

A shopkeeper's quick actions foiled two teenage would-be robbers

Arrests after police raids

Armed police in Spencerville, in north Christchurch, on Thursday afternoon.

In the latest raid, armed police descended on a north Christchurch suburb, arresting at least one person.

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