Crime

Dismay follows mixed reaction to the 100-day plan the ruling coalition unveiled in December.

The construction company boss owned multi-million-dollar homes in affluent Auckland suburbs St Heliers and Kohimarama, driving around town in a $630,000 Ferrari 488 Pista.

The Sikh owner has lost count of the times his staff members have been threatened and his store robbed by armed offenders.

Twenty-four percent of crime victims in 2023 who were referred to Victim Support were from the Indian community, which makes up about 5 percent of the country's population.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment says there are currently 178 active investigations on accredited employers underway.

Janak Patel grabbed a hockey stick and chased his knife-wielding attacker outside, court files show.

Name suppression has lapsed for Gurinderpal Brar, who is serving a 13-and-a-half-year prison sentence after he was convicted in the High Court at Auckland in October of attempted murder.

Prosecutors described overstayer Jobanpreet Singh as being susceptible to manipulation.

Auckland District Court judge orders the bank's former employee to serve home detention so he can pay the money back $130 a week.

The task force is one of four demands submitted to Police Minister Mark Mitchell at a public meeting on retail crime in Auckland.

Hua was jailed in November for 7½ years after a jury found her guilty of 15 money laundering charges.

Police investigate the circumstances surrounding Gurjit Singh's death in Pine Hill.

"There isn't a place where they can go" for people to seek help, a Fiji anti-drug advocate says, as police continue "initial stage of the investigation" into meth seizure. Audio

The Indian community wants more resources devoted to victim support as well as measures to tackle serious youth offending.

A multi-agency investigation has dismantled a drug and money laundering operation in Auckland being operated by Vietnamese nationals.

The "charismatic" ringleader who organised a hit on a radio host in the Sikh community has been sentenced to 13 years and 6 months imprisonment.

In unrelated events, a woman was killed in a hit-and-run and a man was shot dead by police after holding his partner hostage on Thursday.

A churchgoing matriarch of a prosperous Auckland family is believed to have laundered at least $18 million.

An investigation into Whitikau Barton's death is ongoing with police appealing to the public for information.

Police have released further details about the deaths of Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok and Mei Han Chong, saying their murders are "beyond comprehension" for the family.