Police will be auditing internet usage of the most senior police officers in the country over the last 12 months, starting with the Police Commissioner.

The Navy will return to service the Otago, one of two offshore patrol vessels idle since 2021, at a cost of "tens of millions of dollars" next year.

Deputy Prime Minster David Seymour has labelled the principal of the school where children ate mouldy school lunches a "frequent flyer in the media".

A man has been charged for allegedly swallowing a Fabergé locket worth more than $33,500 during a theft at a store in Auckland.

A hearing challenging extensive restrictions preventing media from publishing certain details related to the investigation into Tom Phillips is under way.

A Canadian has been arrested after Customs officers found 15kg of meth in his luggage at Auckland Airport.

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says he is determined there will never be a repeat of the "group think" and closed ranks that led to members of the senior executive blocking an investigation into disgraced former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming.

A jailed Christchurch chop shop boss who received $800,000 in stolen cars now looks set to lose millions in property as a result.