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'Unacceptable': Hipkins calls for more robust police vetting

Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. Photo: RNZ

'Unacceptable': Hipkins calls for more robust police vetting

The Labour leader says it is "unacceptable" that former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming's behaviour was not picked up in vetting for the role.

Public art piece stolen soon after being installed

The sculpture was installed on Thursday morning. Photo: Supplied / Heather Milne/ SCAPE

Christchurch public art piece stolen soon after being installed

A public artwork has been stolen in Christchurch less than 24 hours after being installed.

'Once Were Warriors' director Lee Tamahori dies

Lee Tamahori, one of the biggest names in New Zealand film-making, has died aged 75.

Compass Group not included in 2026 school lunches contract

Associate education minister David Seymour at the launch of the revamped school lunch programme...

Compass Group not included in 2026 school lunches contract

The heavily criticised Compass Group is not among the 10 suppliers that have been contracted to deliver school lunches in primary schools next year.

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The Germans are coming — for training

An Airbus A400M Atlas will be among five German Air Force aircraft based at RNZAF Base Woodbourne...

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The Germans are coming — for training

German Air Force planes flying over southern skies is certainly not the norm, so residents are being urged not to panic.

Witness says car crossed line into school bus

The crash happened on Te Ngae Rd in Rotorua. PHOTO: RNZ

Witness says car crossed line into school bus

"The front was entirely caved in," says a driver who narrowly avoided the crash between a car and a school bus that killed a person and injured 31.

Youth boot camp rushed, no meaningful data: report

An example of the military style uniform the youths in the pilot were required to wear. Photo: RNZ

Youth boot camp rushed, no meaningful data: report

The final evaluation for the government's military-style boot camps has found it is too small to provide any meaningful data and its implementation was rushed.

Flasher with troubling Dunedin history told victim he was 'nudist'

Vaughan Neil Miller is back in prison after another bout of offending in which he twice exposed...

Flasher with troubling Dunedin history told victim he was 'nudist'

A man with a habit of exposing himself to middle-aged women wondered why his latest victim was upset when he was “simply a nudist”.

Abuse compo: Ministry accused of delaying terminal woman's claim

Wellington lawyer Sonja Cooper acted for the abused woman dying of cancer and says the system is "abhorrent".

The high country station that could be yours, for $50 million

Mt Algidus Station. Photo: Sotheby's / supplied

The high country station that could be yours, for $50 million

One of the country's most storied high-country stations is on the market, for those with $50 million or more to spare.

Ex-top cop 'needed different types of porn to feel anything'

Court documents have revealed the extent of former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming's viewing of objectionable material on his work devices.

More than 23,000 without power in Far North

Transpower issued a warning notice on Friday morning saying there was a risk of insufficient...

More than 23,000 without power in Far North

The Far North has been plunged into another massive power cut, with more than 23,000 homes and businesses without electricity.

Community gets in behind boy with rare genetic disorder

A 5-year-old boy who is the only person in NZ with the genetic disorder Witteveen-Kolk Syndrome is set to fly to Brisbane on Friday for life-changing physical therapy.

All officers to do alcohol breath test training

The falsified results were only discovered after police built a new algorithm to analyse the data...

All officers to do alcohol breath test training

The move follows revelations more than 100 police staff are being investigated for falsifying 30,000 tests.

Former top cop admits child sexual exploitation, bestiality image offending

Jevon McSkimming appeared at the Wellington District Court on Thursday. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii...

Former top cop admits child sexual exploitation, bestiality image offending

Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.

Labour pledges free cervical screening for all

Labour public services spokesperson Ayesha Verrall. Photo: RNZ

Labour pledges free cervical screening for all

Labour is promising to make cervical screening free for everyone, if elected next year, through its previously-announced Medicard scheme.

Scout group fed up with freedom campers' mess

There are three freedom camping spots in the Cox's Bay Reserve carpark. Photo: RNZ

Scout group fed up with freedom campers' mess

Scouts in Auckland are sharing a carpark with freedom campers, some of whom are urinating in public and even defecating behind their hall, a leader says.

Woman missing for more than two months

Te Anihana Pomana was last seen leaving the SkyCity Hotel in central Auckland just after 5am on...

Woman who travelled from Dunedin missing for more than two months

Police say they have not found a woman who disappeared in Auckland more than two months ago, after travelling north from Dunedin.

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Extent of police falsifying breath tests 'unfathomable'

Extent of police falsifying breath tests 'unfathomable'

A leading employment lawyers says she's never seen anything on the same scale as the investigation into 120 officers involved in falsifying alcohol breath tests across NZ.

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