Ross Grantham's career included heading the investigation into the deaths of Christine and Amber Lundy in 2000, resulting in Mark Lundy's conviction for his wife and daughter's murder.
Crime and Justice
1:41pm
Police said it had observed a motorcycle travelling at speed and undertaking dangerous manoeuvres on Highbrook Drive this afternoon.
Sunday 3:16pm
The woman was outside a superette on Roebuck Rd at around 10am on Saturday when she was threatened and money in her hands was allegedly snatched.
Sunday 1:30pm
The Paris police prefecture said smaller groups caused disturbances in various locations, with some vandalising shops and setting fires.
Sunday 1:00pm
New Zealand's Police Commissioner is calling for greater regional cooperation after a brazen gang killing in Vietnam implicated nationals from Samoa, Australia and beyond.
Sat, May 30
2:36
Kenneth Law sold lethal chemicals to hundreds of vulnerable people across more than 40 countries, including New Zealand.
Patterson was found guilty last year of murdering her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, along with Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, after serving them a deadly beef Wellington lunch.
Fri, May 29
The bruised body of Shulai Wang was found in the water at Gulf Harbour two years ago.
A man was apprehended by a plainclothes officer after being chased down on foot at a West Auckland shopping centre.
An annual United Nations report documenting sexual violence in conflicts worldwide has included Israeli forces for the first time for their treatment of Palestinian detainees.
An investigation has found the judge had an extramarital affair with a high-ranking police officer, despite initially lying about it.
A Christchurch business owner has been arrested and faces accusations of deconstructing stolen vehicles to ship parts overseas.
Officers pulled over weaving car while searching for a suspect – only to discover the driver was suffering severe chest pain.
Waiariki McIlroy-Jones generated $11m in a little over a year through the scheme.
Products such as toxic or hazardous toys, baby products and unsafe electronics were cited as key to the fine.
Fiji police have confirmed two Samoan nationals, who confessed to shooting a Sydney gang leader in Vietnam and are facing a potential death penalty.
The concert plot was thwarted, but Austrian authorities still cancelled Swift's three performances in August 2024.
Shulai Wang, 70, travelled to New Zealand from China to seek religious instructions from one of the accused in August 2023.
Thu, May 28
More than 300 gold bars and $3.4 million in cash was seized from David Rush's home in Virginia.
Police found 390kg of methamphetamine stashed evenly across 39 large buckets, 140 cardboard boxes full of foam and packaging, and shopping bags.
Rakaia's famous statue was defaced in an environmental protest by Greenpeace in February, weeks after a $300,000 ratepayer-funded refurbishment.
Environment
Mahroni Schwalger played for the Highlanders, Hurricanes and the Chiefs, and was head coach of Manu Samoa until the end of 2024.
The illicit $1.2 million cargo featuring drugs, syringes and a mobile phone was downed as it approached Townsville Correctional Complex.
A group of six women linked to Islamic State and their children landed in Australia on Tuesday.
The man was the head of a national drug syndicate and was linked to more than 70 packages containing either cocaine, MDMA, ketamine or 1,4-Butanediol, valued at more than $20 million.
