No apologies from police for arrest injuries
Waikato police will not apologise for arresting an "irrational and emotional'' Chinese woman in a Hamilton supermarket car park, after an internal investigation found officers acted professionally.
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Axes, bats used in Nelson street fight
A man walked up to an armed police officer shouting "shoot me, shoot me'', after a street fight with bats and axes in suburban Nelson yesterday.
Armed callout in St Kilda
Man attacked twice in early hours
Police are looking for the people who attacked a young Queenstown man after he was assaulted twice while walking home from town, once with a baseball bat.
'Hotel California' accused denies charges
A man has pleaded not guilty to charges laid after an early morning police raid on a central Auckland apartment block yesterday.
Positive feedback for police over Dotcom raid
The police say they have had "positive feedback'' from international law enforcement agencies on the way the raid on Megaupload millionaire Kim Dotcom's mansion was carried out.
Woman taxi driver assaulted by passenger
Security camera footage from inside a City Taxis cab is being reviewed by police in a bid to identify a male passenger allegedly involved in an attack on a female driver on Saturday night.
Police drink-driver chase ends when engine cooks
A drunk Cromwell teenager drove up roads between Queenstown and Wanaka one night at speeds of more than 180kmh and sparked a police chase which only ended when the fleeing vehicle's engine blew up.
Mother will also be sentenced: judge
A 50-year-old Wanaka resident was sent to Whangarei to live with his mother by Judge John Clapham in the Queenstown District Court yesterday, after admitting his fourth drink-driving offence.