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Police were alerted shortly before 10pm last night.

The rider was pronounced dead at the scene.

Hayden Tasker is sentenced for the murder of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming.

Police speak to media after Hayden Tasker sentencing in Nelson.

He was the sole person of interest in his mother Karen Gilbert-Palmer’s death.

Emergency services were called to the crash between Tamahere and Cambridge after 9.10am.

Detective Kevan Verry has been stood down and 16 investigators are reviewing his work.

Law Commission rejects new hate crime offences, proposes improvements to current system.

The off-duty officer assaulted someone they knew.

The man remains on the run; staff and a customer were left shaken by the raid.

State Highway 1 remains closed as the Serious Crash Unit investigates.

A total of 29 people have been convicted after the drug ring was uncovered.

Jeremy Robertson is believed to have driven the victim's car 350km to Rotorua.

The National Advisory issued following the 5.9 earthquake near 40 km north of Te Anau has been Cancelled.

The elderly retiree says it was the Crown's job to disclose info, not his.

Witnesses describe how the attack happened in a Hastings CBD street.

The man also allegedly used social media sites to send explicit messages to young people.

Open Justice reporter Belinda Feek joins Case by Case to examine the complaint and explain how the Independent Police Conduct Authority investigates alleged police misconduct.

An amber alert was issued after he disappeared on Queen St in New Plymouth.

Police responded to reports of fighting inside a bar on Auckland's Karangahape Road, at around 12.30am, where an estimated 500 people had gathered at the time. Video / Supplied.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's motorcade arrived at Auckland Airport at around 9:20pm this evening, following his brief visit to New Zealand. Video / NZ Herald

Footage from an arrest in Hamilton appears to show an officer punching a man in the head. The incident is now the subject of a police complaint.

He is accused of possessing cartoon bestiality material.

The parents want a full inquest to probe police efforts to find their missing daughter. Video / Michael Craig

NZ Herald Afternoon Headlines | State of emergency declared for Kaikōura, police cleared in Ōrere Point death | Tuesday, July 7, 2026

'It was definitely not what I saw, and police are aware of that.'

Detective Inspector Kevan Verry is the officer under investigation.

Police have reopened more than 50 investigations.

More than 200 people were at the party, but most left before police arrived.