Restaurant, owner to pay $400,000 for ‘ruthless’ migrant exploitation
An Auckland restaurant and its former owner “ruthlessly exploited” vulnerable migrant employees, leaving them underpaid and forced to…
‘Unnerving’: Police investigate threat against schools, organisations
Police are investigating after a series of violent threats were sent to some schools and media organisations across…
Guthrie family remains ‘in agony’ over missing mum, begs public for info
Today show host Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal to viewers overnight to come forward with any information…
NZ’s biggest illegal lottery: Organiser sentenced for $11m operation
In a New Zealand first, a Canterbury man has been sentenced to six months’ community detention and 250…
Police officer charged with possessing objectionable material named
An Auckland police officer facing charges of possessing objectionable material can now be named. By Finn Blackwell of…
Mother still waiting for apology over son’s death four years on
The mother of a man who died after being pepper-sprayed in an Auckland prison says she is yet…
National Guard patrols Trump’s revamped Reflecting Pool
National Guard service members and US Park Police patrolled the deck around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on…
Police let ex-partner into woman’s home despite protection order
A woman and her children were forced to leave their home by police so her ex-partner could collect…
Cop fined after being caught watching league while driving police car
A police officer has been fined $150 after being caught on camera watching what appeared to be a…
Speed limit backlash – road signs vandalised in rural Wairarapa
Damaging traffic signs to protest Wairarapa’s reduced rural speed limits has been branded “not a victimless act of…
Ransom note claims Nancy Guthrie died after abduction, reports say
A ransom note related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie,…
Thieves shut Wellington rail line six times in one month
Signals, cables and overhead lines are increasingly being stolen from Wellington’s rail network, causing repeated delays and line…