7+ hour, 20+ min ago   (119+ words) A man suffered serious injuries and a dog was hurt after an assault at a Kaikohe home on Sunday. Police encouraged people to come forward with information, Detective Sergeant Bart Graham from the Northland criminal investigation branch (CIB) said. Emergency…...

10+ hour, 37+ min ago   (75+ words) off-ramp NZ Herald State Highway 16 has been closed heading southbound following a crash. According to NZTA, the northwestern motorway is shut after the Lincoln Rd off-ramp. Emergency services are providing directions to motorists at the scene. Four-vehicle crash blocks lane…...

12+ hour ago   (94+ words) One person has been injured after an alleged stabbing on the main street of a Canterbury township. Emergency services were called to the incident on Main St, in Fairlie, about 2.15am on Saturday. Hato Hone St John responded with an ambulance…...

12+ hour, 43+ min ago   (96+ words) A police investigation is underway after a man turned up at an Auckland hospital with a gunshot wound overnight. Detective Inspector Karen Bright said the injured man presented at Middlemore Hospital last night with an unexplained gunshot wound. “He received…...

14+ hour, 57+ min ago   (122+ words) A three-car crash is blocking the Rakaia River bridge on State Highway One this morning. Motorists are being warned to expect delays after the crash, which was reported at about 6.30am, blocked both lanes on the bridge. “There are no reports…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (138+ words) A Tauranga man has been charged in relation to damage to political hoardings in Pāpāmoa. Police say reports were received after hoardings were damaged on Parton Rd about 6.30am on Thursday. About 30 hoardings of various kinds were reported damaged across Pāpāmoa…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (187+ words) Armed police are searching parts of Auckland’s North Shore this evening after a firearm was allegedly pulled during a fight. Police were called to Ian Marwick Place in Birkenhead about 4.40pm after reports of a confrontation between people known to each…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (755+ words) New Zealand First leader Winston Peters on how the party will turn the country around. Video / NZ Herald NZ Herald Afternoon Headlines | Act candidate Paul Henry set to make it into Parliament, Labour proposes mandatory employer KiwiSaver contributions | Sunday, September…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1205+ words) Separated from his six children and thousands of kilometres from the life he once knew, a 501 deportee says he fell in with other “501ers” who ultimately drew him into a major cocaine operation. Peter Uelese told the Court of Appeal he…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (247+ words) A Featherston hotel worker thought he was “dreaming” when an intruder allegedly burst into his room and put a gun to his chest during a “terrifying” early-morning robbery, the hotel’s owner says. Empire Hotel owner Tav Kaur said the staff…...