Crime

Police are investigating the destruction of a carving gifted by mana whenua and displayed at Pukekohe Train Station.

The 37-year-old man will be remanded in custody until his appearance in Auckland High Court on November 13.

Kael Leona has been charged with murder, threatening to kill, assault and burglary.

He was taken into custody at North Shore Police Station.

Police ar searching for man in his late thirties, Kael Leona.

The coalition government is toughening up its new 'three strikes' law, saying it has received that the original version did not go far enough.

A 48-year-old woman has been arrested and charged for misconduct in respect of human remains and nine counts of obtaining by deception.

Minister Nicole McKee is defending the coalition government’s new ‘three strikes’ law, saying if violent criminals are “locked up in prison”.

The family of slain Hawke’s Bay teenager Ariki Rigby will have to wait more than a year for a scheduled trial of two men charged in connection with her death.

It includes rolling out new cameras to catch and deter crims.