Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Bolton Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro Auckland police say the two people shot in the CBD late last night “weren’t looking for trouble”, but are assuring the public it was an isolated incident. Police were called to reports of a fight on the corner of Fort ... Read More

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

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

The temporary roundabout at the Peel Street and Gladstone Road intersection replaced the traffic lights since 19 February, when the control box short-circuited after too much water got into it. Photo: Gisborne District Council A set of Gisborne city traffic lights will be up and running next week for the ... Read More

By Laura Smith for Local Democracy Reporting A burnt out car in Fordlands, a western suburb of Rotorua. Photo: LDR / Ben Fraser Questions have been raised about whether an increased police and guardian presence in Rotorua’s inner city has pushed problems elsewhere. Rotorua Lakes Council’s community and district development ... Read More