15+ hour, 39+ min ago   (330+ words) A fisherman has spent a cold night marooned on rocks in the Far North after being caught out by the tide. Senior Constable Sam Davidson, of Northland Police Search and Rescue, said the man set off around the rocks at…...

16+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1155+ words) The family of a Christchurch woman who was murdered by a patient who absconded from a psychiatric hospital has asked why it took their mother's death for changes to be made at Hillmorton. Laisa Waka Tunidau was stabbed to death…...

16+ hour, 31+ min ago   (169+ words) Indonesian police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after the bodies of an Australian man and his two children were found in a home in Bali. Police found the bodies of 56-year-old Damien John Shaw, along with his six-year-old son and…...

23+ hour, 41+ min ago   (132+ words) Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning is seeking the assistance of the public to locate four men suspected of stealing gold. The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary has released pictures of four men alleged to have stolen gold bullion,…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (609+ words) Leonard Hansen trashed a farmhouse and caused nearly $20,000 in damage before stealing a quad bike and riding more than 100km along a busy tourist route to his grandmother's home. He was captured by CCTV heading along Inland Scenic Route 72 in the…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (910+ words) Warning: This story references child sexual abuse and may be upsetting to readers The comfort a young girl sought from a nightmare when she climbed into her parents' bed led to her being raped by her father as her mother…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (460+ words) A woman whose home was gutted by burglars who ripped copper pipes from the walls lost far more than metal, with thieves also taking sentimental pieces she had collected with her late husband. Clifton Yates and his associates not only…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (258+ words) Reports from Bougainville say heavy machinery and vehicles belonging to a foreign mining company were destroyed in an arson attack at the Panguna mine site. Armed men are alleged to have entered the site in the autonomous Papua New Guinea…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (402+ words) Is sport the answer to cutting youth crime and re-offending by tamariki? This week, the government announced it's giving almost $2.5 million to six community sport and outdoor programmes as part of the government's wider goal to reduce serious and persistent…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (803+ words) Australia's banks have been defrauded of more than $600 million by one of the country's largest fraud syndicates, NSW Police says. Police yesterday charged three people with allegedly assisting the multi-million dollar fraud and money laundering syndicate, including a Bankstown accounting…...