The policeman hid the illicit content in an app made to look like a calculator.

The six-week pilot will let officers instantly check vehicles for stolen status or persons of interest.

The police officer accused of fatally shooting Kaoss Price wasn’t interviewed until almost two weeks after the 22-year-old’s death.

The government's proposed move-on orders look set to be watered down, with MPs recommending that 14 to 17 year olds be excluded, RNZ can reveal.

Police say the death is not believed to be suspicious after a man was found unresponsive outside an Epsom building on Friday morning.

Weeks before the government is set to give police powers to move on rough sleepers, officials have admitted to RNZ they can't guarantee immediate shelter for anyone on any given night.

A Wakari Hospital patient with intellectual disabilities was almost constantly locked in their bedroom for at least 18 months in conditions the Chief Ombudsman says amounted to prolonged solitary conf...

Locals report overflowing wastewater and understaffing as Corrections pushes to house 1220 inmates at the facility. Jonathan Milne reports.

A police sexual assault investigation into a young man with a "promising" sporting career was so flawed that the case has been re-opened, with the officer in charge of the case also under investigatio...

The Children's Commissioner is warning that move-on orders risk punishing children and young people for being homeless.

Fear surrounding the incoming move on orders is already pushing rough sleepers of out Auckland's central city, says a social service provider.

A senior psychologist at the government's bootcamp for young offenders quit the role less than two months into the start of this year's programme, RNZ can reveal.

The mother of a man who died after being pepper-sprayed in an Auckland prison says she is yet to receive an apology, four years after her son's death.

Quizzed at a Scrutiny Week hearing Karen Chhour insisted she was protecting the privacy of the children involved.

The number of women serving time in prison is expected to surge 63 percent over the next decade, due to stronger punishments for theft.

A new report says there will be 15,200 prisoners in June 2036 - a 35 percent increase from this year.

From Victoria University - Comment: The Govt said the new bill would ‘explicitly prohibit prolonged solitary confinement’. This sounds like a good thing – but it’s deceptive, writes Christine McCarthy...

The Government is progressing a Bill through Parliament that aims to limit the rights of transgender, non-binary, and intersex New Zealanders in the name of cis women, by defining “man” and “woman” (a...