Crime

All areas of Kawerau have been subject to strong chemical smells over the past week.

The West Coast mine closed in 1967 and since then, many artefacts have been stolen.

Nearly two years after the toddler's death, RNZ can reveal police have made significant progress in solving the case that shocked the nation.

'You are in some trouble. There's no doubt about that,' a judge told Daniel Perring.

Mana Brown was prosecuted under the Gangs Act 2024 after being spotted on CCTV cameras wearing a cap that included the word 'Nomad'.

The tools - worth $50,000 - were stolen from a work vehicle in 2023, only to be auctioned off on behalf of police more than two years later.

Police are investigating the burglary and arson.

The final report from the Ministerial Advisory Group on Organised Crime is delivered today, and it makes for frightening reading.

Tupaea Mika had a previous conviction for drink-driving while still a teenager.

A jury found Tim Jago guilty of sexually abusing two teenage boys in the 1990s.

Four people have been arrested.

The judge granted interim name suppression for the 34-year-old woman.

The gunman was identified as a 40-year-old Iraq War veteran and outdoorsman.

A charge will be dropped against a trucking company involved in the death of a road worker.

Fourteen years before Esarona Lologa set fire to Loafers Lodge - killing five people - he attacked a teenager with a machete.

The woman was assisting police with their investigation into the death.