1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (94+ words) A man is due in court next month following a fire at a residential unit in Rotorua. Emergency services were called to the blaze on Fenton Street just before midnight on Friday. Police say all residents and neighbours were safely…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1117+ words) A man who went through a supermarket self-checkout without scanning several items had a cucumber forced into his mouth by a security guard who then extorted money from him. Security guards Laki Savelio and his co-offender Tiare Bishop accused several…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago   (577+ words) After being caught stealing from Kmart, a recidivist shoplifter told police she could go where she wanted. "I'm not trespassed; I was born here. I'm Tainui. I can go where I want," Karrie-Ann Tiny Moana Lee Ngahere said. She was…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (783+ words) Thieves who stole a man's cellphone accessed his Sharesies account to make three bank transfers totalling more than $50,000. Hamilton man Marith Khao had $17,658 put into his account before the company stopped the remaining two transfers. Two years earlier, Khao helped…...

5+ hour, 5+ min ago   (84+ words) One person is in hospital with critical injuries following a fight in Lower Hutt overnight. Police were called to Waterloo Road just after 2am. One person was taken to hospital with critical injuries. Several other people suffered minor injuries during the…...

6+ hour, 36+ min ago   (180+ words) One person has been located dead by police following a house fire in Henderson. Emergency services were called to Forest Hill Road about 8.40pm on Saturday. On Sunday police confirmed one person has died. Acting Detective Senior Sergeant James Kim said…...

6+ hour, 36+ min ago   (103+ words) One person remains unaccounted for, following a large house fire in Henderson Valley in Auckland. Fire investigators are returning to the scene on Sunday. At its peak up to 35 firefighters were fighting the blaze, which broke out at around 8.30pm last…...

15+ hour, 26+ min ago   (743+ words) 'Story time' - two words that have become a social media staple, but influencers and would-be commentators who frame their story times as exposés without any editorial oversight are finding themselves before the courts. Livestreaming has added a new layer of…...

15+ hour, 42+ min ago   (91+ words) One person remains unaccounted for, following a large housefire in Henderson Valley in Auckland. Thirty-five firefighters were at the scene of the fire. Fire and Emergency says it received calls about the incident just after 8.30pm Saturday. Shift manager Garreth Lewis…...

19+ hour, 18+ min ago   (349+ words) Two New Zealanders and a man from Fiji are facing charges in Australia, after an assault at a Sydney immigration detention facility. Australian Federal Police were called to the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre following the Thursday attack. They said the…...