Sam Sherwood

In an email Richard Chambers sent to staff he addressed the media reports "in relation to an individual".

Jevon McSkimming resigned as Deputy Police Commissioner in May.

Frances Latu-Vailea, her 5-year-old daughter and 7-year-old niece died after their car went off a notorious road.

A coroner's report into the death of a newborn baby found at a recycling plant has revealed the "extensive" inquiries to try and identify her family. Audio

The deaths of two inmates in double-bunked cells means the process will be examined part of the independent Corrections Inspectorate's death in custody investigations.

But Jevon McSkimming has five days to appeal the ruling and extend the current interim injunction.

Both incidents at the Auckland prison involved double-bunked cells.

The pair shouldn't have been put in the same cell and Corrections "failed miserably", the victim's father says.

Ashton Cresswell died after what was deemed "non-accidental" head and bowel injuries, with 65 bruises across his body.

The baby had fractures to her ribcage, ankle and arm, police revealed.

Weaknesses in internet access controls, unmanaged devices and limited monitoring have been found.

A mental health patient was not drug tested on the day he committed his second killing because the staffer believed he was "acting cagey", his father alleges.

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.