Police

A man accused of shooting an Auckland police officer did not fire the weapon, his lawyer told the jury in closing arguments today.

Police have found a knife thought to have been used in a double stabbing at an Auckland university car park yesterday.

Police crashed a bulldozer through the front entrance of a Red Devils' gang house in Nelson this morning as part of an operation targeting gangs in the top of the South Island.

Two robbers, one with a shotgun, fired a shot moments before they fled empty-handed from an east Hamilton tavern last night, possibly leaving a patron with a gunshot wound to the leg, say police.

A man is dead after a garden shed exploded and burnt at Red Beach, on the Hibiscus Coast north of Auckland.

Police believe they know the identity of a man whose badly decomposed body was found on Ninety Mile Beach in the Far North more than three weeks ago. 

Police hunting three men who sexually assaulted a woman in Hamilton on Tuesday night have warned people to take basic precautions when enjoying a night on the town.

A runabout reported missing off the Coromandel coast may not have logged its return and was probably never in trouble, police say.  

Christchurch police had a quiet night with 10 arrests, but none was earthquake related.