The home detention solution | RNZ

Hiding offenders away with electronic bracelets in their homes isn’t the easy sentence many think, in spite of a recent case in Auckland that went badly wrong.  Matu Reid was serving a sentence of home detention when he fatally shot two workers at a construction site on Auckland’s Queen Street. Photo: ... Read More

Three arrests over ‘extremely violent’ crimes in Auckland CBD

Photo: 123rf Three men, including a member of the Headhunters gang, are facing kidnapping charges, after an incident that seriously injured a victim last weekend. Search warrants were executed at several Auckland properties today, including an address linked to the Headhunters motorcycle gang in Helensville. Officers working on Operation Cobalt ... Read More

Homeless woman dies in Auckland’s CBD

(file picture) Photo: A woman has died suddenly in Auckland’s CBD. Police said they responded to a sudden death about 11.30am on Thursday. They said the circumstances were not being treated as suspicious. City Mission spokesperson Ellen Lear said the woman was known to them for many years, and had ... Read More