Crime
Stolen health data ransom deadline arrives
Hackers are demanding to be paid after stealing 400,000 medical files from Manage My Health, the country's largest patient portal.
Health Minister says ManageMyHealth hack is 'pretty unacceptable'
Hackers say they will release up to 400,000 stolen patient documents if ManageMyHealth doesn't pay. Audio
Auckland mass disorder incident: Do you know who these men are?
Police investigating a mass disorder incident in Auckland just after Christmas are appealing for the public's assistance.
Patients at risk of theft and extortion after hack
The hackers say they will leak more than 400,000 files if a ransom isn't paid, in what an expert says is "the worst data breach that I recall seeing in New Zealand". Audio
How a barefoot kid became one of the country's top defence lawyers
Arthur Fairley has almost 900 trials under his belt, and says the law is like a test match.
How significant are latest data breaches?
Manage My Health and Neighbourly have both been hit by data breaches. Paul Spain, CEO of Gorilla Technology spoke to Melissa Chan-Green. Audio
'Be very, very suspicious': Warning after Stuff-owned site hacked
The social media site has lost names, email address, private messages, posts and GPS locations which have been put up for sale on the dark web.
Man charged after fight in Central Otago campsite
Police are seeking witnesses to an assault at a campsite in Cromwell on Friday.
Police ask for public help to identify man in Queenstown
The police believe the man pictured may be able to help with enquires into an assault on Ballarat Street.
Multimillion-dollar Tribesmen drug syndicate dismantled
A two-year police operation dismantled a multimillion-dollar drug network, resulting in jail for Tribesmen members and associates.
Police wrap up examination of property where two bodies were found
Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Wilson says officers found the body of a woman at the Bay of Plenty property on Thursday.
Card-skimming crackdown: Air fryers, laptops used for smuggling devices
Seven people have been prosecuted for card-skimming in the past five years.
Officer hit by bottle as police break up crowd of 1000 youth in Coromandel
An arrest was also made for someone setting off fireworks in a crowd of 300 people.
Vehicle involved in serious Levin crash had earlier fled police
Police say the car crashed into a van, leaving the driver critically injured and needing to be airlifted to hospital.
Two people found dead on same property in different houses
A woman was found dead on Thursday afternoon, and a man on Friday morning, at a property in Pukehina.
Driver in Levin crash facing multiple charges
A man is facing a number of charges following a crash in Levin just before midnight.
Authorities urge violence-free New Year's Eve
It comes after two straight nights of violence in Auckland, involving group brawls.
Hastings woman killed in 'unique way,' police say as probe continues
Teishallia Te Paea's body was found at a house in the Hastings suburb of Camberley on 29 October.
Police still seeking witnesses after mass brawl on Auckland's K Road
Police have set up a dedicated portal for witnesses of a mass brawl in Auckland to upload any footage they might have.
'It's a miracle no one was killed': Victim of brutal dog attack speaks out
A brutal dog mauling that left three people injured was not an isolated event, but the culmination of years of warnings one victim says were repeatedly ignored.