Otago Daily Times: National News

A man has handed himself over to police after a male was apparently shot dead and a female critically injured in the Far North today.

The wife of a policeman charged over his alleged role in a methamphetamine ring spoke yesterday about the effect the case is having on their family.

An armed robber who was locked up for 19 of his 20 years in Australia and joined a notorious prison gang is being deported back to New Zealand.

A woman who stole nearly $450,000 from a prominent Auckland couple also pinched thousands from a previous employer - and altered her CV to hide her crime.

Doctors working to save the life of a violent prisoner who had been stabbed up to 28 times this week made a strange discovery - he had a cellphone hidden in his rectum.

A driver in a BMW armed with a hunting knife and mask led police on a 100km low speed pursuit along a major Northland state highway.