Sam Sherwood

A 32-year-old woman has been charged with interfering with human remains.

The man has appeared in court after it was revealed he had been arrested last week.

The three-month-old baby had been brought to hospital by her family in Hutt Valley.

警方呼吁能够协助调查的知情人与调查人员联络，并呼吁公众不要联想猜测。

A woman is in custody after the body of a newborn baby was discovered in a wheelie bin in Auckland's Freeman's Bay overnight.

The baby remains in a critical condition three days after he was admitted to hospital.

Auckland police say a person is in custody and a scene examination is being carried out.

Police are working to establish how the baby boy came to be injured.

Police say they were made aware of the death at about 4pm on Friday.

The men, one aged 34 and the other 26, are jointly charged with importing cocaine into New Zealand on 21 June.

Court documents seen by RNZ allege that Brendan Scott Munster assaulted the boy after a fleeing driver incident.

A directive requiring people entering a court building to remove suit jackets and coats has been described as an "unlawful, excessively intrusive and an egregious abuse of power".

Malanena Emery is frustrated no-one has been held responsible for her daughter's disappearance, and desperate for closure.

A senior police officer who admitted to beating his children with a belt is the subject of another "employment process," police have confirmed.

Chris Cahill addressed leaks in relation to Jevon McSkimming's investigation in his latest column in the Police News magazine.

Richard Chambers has made it clear no more discretion was to be applied.

Faye Phelps who was 83 was murdered by elderly mental health patient Elliot Cameron 50 years after he killed his brother.

A man whose wife was murdered by a forensic mental health patient three years ago has not heard from authorities for more than a year and says his family feels "forgotten".

An investigation into former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming led to concerns staff could bypass internal controls and "exploit vulnerabilities to access inappropriate content," documents reveal.

The call follows revelations an elderly patient who murdered a pensioner had killed his brother 50 years ago, and had warned he might do it again. Audio

The trainer had been banned for eight years.

Years before he murdered Christchurch pensioner Faye Phelps, Elliot Cameron killed his brother, it can be revealed. Emails obtained by RNZ show his fears about being released.

Elliot Cameron made "constant threats" he would kill someone but staff didn't press him for further information.

Paula Brown is waiting for answers about what happened to her son at a respite facility before he died of cardiac arrest.

Frances Phelps' daughter and the family the man who murdered her, Elliot Cameron, both say the system fell short. Audio