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There could be up to 111 fewer police on New Zealand roads this summer.

A Herald investigation reveals the most dangerous roads during the Christmas holiday period.

Two people have died after a bus carrying school bands and their chaperons from Tonga went 100m off a bank and crashed south of Gisborne.

More than two weeks after an 11-year-old boy was abducted and sexually assaulted in West Auckland, other attempted abductions continue to be reported.

There have been two more reports of attempted child abductions in West Auckland, as police continue to hunt for the man responsible for the assault of an 11-year-old boy.

An ex-policeman and close friend of slain jogger Jo Pert has laid a complaint against police for not detaining her killer the night before her death.

Fisherman tells of desperate attempts to stay in contact with those on board the charter boat Francie, which sank in heaving seas, claiming eight lives.

The daughter of the last unaccounted fisherman in the Kaipara boating tragedy says she just wants her dad home.

A survivor of the Kaipara Harbour disaster was too big for the lifejackets, and desperately clung to the flotation devices while he swam to shore badly injured.

Tongan cousins Alipate "Pate" Manumu'a and Sunia "Junior" Ungo'unga died in the charter boat tragedy.

Three abduction-related incidents within a week in West Auckland has parents on "high alert".

IPCA complaint laid over Jo Pert's killer not being arrested the night before her death, despite being found with a large knife.

A stark image of three cows stranded on an island created by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake near Kaikoura captured global attention last week.

A man asked a 12-year-old walking home to get inside his ute in Ranui - the latest report of strangers approaching children in the area.

New data shows that more than 180 burglaries went unsolved each day in the first half of this year.

Few details are available about the terrifying abduction and sexual assault of an 11-year-old boy in West Auckland last week.

Hunt continues for man who abducted and sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy in West Auckland.

An Auckland man has described how he found a body while taking a shortcut through the Auckland Domain.

A man allegedly assaulted a woman in downtown Auckland after preaching to her about Jesus.

Emergency services responding to reports of a car in the water at Blockhouse Bay today soon learned the car had been there for a number of weeks.

A car that was earlier being sought in relation to a fatal house fire in Auckland last night has been found parked in he same suburb.

An Auckland family whose shop was robbed as they slept upstairs are hoping CCTV footage will identify the man responsible.

Two children badly hurt when a tree fell onto a playground this afternoon are now in stable conditions at Starship Hospital.

Two men found guilty of burning another man alive for his life savings have had their appeal thrown out by the Supreme Court. Shivneel

Two brave Auckland sisters have waived their rights to automatic name suppression so their abuser can be identified.

A dinghy found floating near Brown's Island may be connected to the mysterious fire there, police have confirmed.

An Auckland personal trainer has received $48,000 after falling 2.7m from a fire escape in September 2015.

A woman was thrown from the back of a 4WD ute when it rolled on an Auckland beach.

Nearly 300 complaints have been upheld against New Zealand Police officers, says a new report.

A group of schoolchildren made a lucky escape before their school bus was completely gutted by fire in Nelson this afternoon.

A 15-year-old Auckland girl has been referred to youth aid following dawn police raids this morning.