The car reached speeds of up to 160km/h as it was tracked heading north.
Crime and Justice
57 mins ago
Duggar, who starred with his parents and siblings in TLC's 19 Kids and Counting, was arrested in March.
2:12pm
Gurjit Singh was brutally attacked by a man known as Rajinder, who was today sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17.5 years.
1:44pm
It’s the first successful prosecution of its kind by New Zealand Customs after the pair were found carrying 17.9 kilograms of the stone in their luggage.
Te Ao Māori
10:29am
"It's not through lack of telling people that the speed limit is 80km/h, because it's blatantly there in front of them, so whether it’s just old habits die hard, I don’t know."
9:53am
The brawl, which occurred during the early hours of the morning at the Common Room bar, left several people injured and one in hospital.
9:27am
Police were called to the scene on Myers Rd at 7pm.
7:12am
Police have caught two males who allegedly filmed themselves throwing puppies into the Whakatāne River – where the animals later drowned.
Tuesday 6:33pm
Local media reported that the thieves took the paintings in less than three minutes and escaped across the museum gardens.
Tuesday 5:30pm
Court documents seen by RNZ allege Garner drove a car in Auckland on March 10 while his licence was suspended.
Tuesday 3:59pm
Police said the semi-automatic shotgun may have been altered and has likely been discarded in the area.
Tuesday 3:53pm
Dezi Freeman evaded authorities for more than 200 days before he was reportedly shot and killed by police on Monday morning.
Tuesday 3:30pm
2:21
Tolaga Bay Area School Principal Nori Parata said students had been commenting on the smell.
Tuesday 3:11pm
David Tamihere was convicted in 1990 of killing Heidi Paakkonen and Urban Hoglin who disappeared in the Coromandel the previous year.
Tuesday 2:12pm
The Commerce Commission said it was probing SFCVIBE Rating after receiving two reported concerns about the scheme.
Tuesday 2:10pm
A family pulled over and got out of their vehicle to stop an assault at a bus stop in the suburb of Massey.
Tuesday 2:02pm
The authorised officer submitted around 40 timesheets claiming hours he hadn't worked, the Independent Police Conduct Authority said.
Tuesday 1:00pm
Police said the two unconnected incidents, which resulted in a man being taken to hospital, occurred in Hastings last night.
Tuesday 11:37am
Nicole Daedone, leader of a sex-focused women’s wellness company that promoted "orgasmic meditation", was sentenced to nine years in federal prison on forced labour charges, federal prosecutors said.
Tuesday 11:36am
Police said there had not been a notable rise in fuel-related crime yet, but a senior officer has warned that when there was a supply issue, illegal behaviour could follow.
Tuesday 9:20am
8:49
A second person has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a man who consumed frog poison and psychedelics at a retreat in New South Wales.
Tuesday 8:51am
1:33
Nurses caring for a killer at a forensic inpatient unit mistakenly believed he was there for "respite" as his notes were not accessible to them, a review into his care has revealed.
Health
Tuesday 7:36am
It's been revealed a gun pulled by Freeman in his final moments belonged to one of the officers the self-proclaimed sovereign citizen executed last year.
Tuesday 6:48am
Also known as nangs, nos or laughing gas, nitrous oxide imports increased by 60% in 2025 compared to 2024, according to Stats NZ data.
Tuesday 6:00am
2:23
"We understand incidents like this can be unsettling to the community; however, we ask parents to be alert, not alarmed," police said.
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