News | Law and Order
25 Feb 2026 8:35
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Law and Order articles  Law and Order
    New police powers to ‘move on’ rough sleepers only mask NZ’s deeper homelessness problem
     25 February 2026
    Women make up half of the people experiencing homelessness in New Zealand. A study shows access to permanent housing improves their health and lifts their income.
    >> Read Article 

    France is considering a social media ban as devastated families launch legal action against TikTok
    24 Feb: France is set to follow Australia with a social media ban but for these families, who are suing TikTok over what they say is a harmful algorithm the battle is only beginning.... more
    Police have arrested a second person over a Flaxmere man's alleged murder in February last year
    24 Feb: Police have arrested a second person over a Flaxmere man's alleged murder in February last year... more
    Crimes against humanity hearings against former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte open in The Hague
    24 Feb: An International Criminal Court prosecutor tells judges that former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte personally instructed members of a death squad to kill suspected criminals and drug users.... more
    A woman's been arrested after a string of retail thefts across Thames in the past month
    24 Feb: A woman's been arrested after a string of retail thefts across Thames in the past month... more
    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor could go to prison but the real damage would be to King Charles
    24 Feb: The scandal surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has the potential to end the reign of King Charles III, claims a British historian who wrote an unofficial biography of the former prince.... more
    Auckland Police are hunting 35-year-old Tevita Lasa, who's wanted in relation to a burglary
    24 Feb: Auckland Police are hunting 35-year-old Tevita Lasa, who's wanted in relation to a burglary... more
    Police aren't ruling out further arrests - after charging a man in relation to an aggravated robbery in New Lynn
    24 Feb: Police aren't ruling out further arrests - after charging a man in relation to an aggravated robbery in New Lynn... more
    A North Canterbury woman's described watching a man shoot her friend to death in her living room
    24 Feb: A North Canterbury woman's described watching a man shoot her friend to death in her living room... more
    New details have emerged about the brutal dog attack in Christchurch's Bryndwr , which left three people injured
    24 Feb: New details have emerged about the brutal dog attack in Christchurch's Bryndwr , which left three people injured... more

     Most Popular Recent Law and Order News
     04 Feb: Sarah Ferguson offered Jeffrey Epstein woman with 'great body' after his release from prison ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     09 Feb: A Taupo high school is closed until at least tomorrow, after fire destroyed a block of classrooms, with two people charged +++++++++++++++++++++
     10 Feb: A coroner has ruled that Highlanders and Maori All Blacks player Connor Garden-Bachop died of natural causes ++++++++++++++++++++
     10 Feb: A Christchurch high school teacher's lost her bid to keep her name secret, over a sexual relationship with a teenage student +++++++++++++++++
     28 Jan: The first victim of the Mount landslide's been formally identified by the Coroner as Max Furse-Kee +++++++++++++++++
     12 Feb: A Christchurch Catholic boys' school was alerted to allegations of sexual offending by a priest nearly 20 years before his conviction ++++++++++++++++
     10 Feb: A person's critically hurt after falling several floors at Christchurch's central city Turanga library building about 11am +++++++++++++++


    No news stories found


     
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Scott Robertson will get an opportunity to coach against the Springboks this year More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Four years of war in Ukraine leaves Russia a 'spent force' with diminished influence, analyst says More...


     Today's News

    Rugby:
    Scott Robertson will get an opportunity to coach against the Springboks this year 8:27

    National:
    How Tourette’s causes involuntary outbursts – and what people with the condition want you to know 8:27

    Entertainment:
    Sam Levinson has donated $27,000 to a GoFundMe set up for Eric Dane's family 8:21

    Law and Order:
    New police powers to ‘move on’ rough sleepers only mask NZ’s deeper homelessness problem 8:17

    Living & Travel:
    Wellington's mayor is considering taking the city's bus lanes back to the drawing board 8:17

    National:
    ‘I am the enemy of death’: Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir is a remarkable tale of survival 8:07

    Rugby League:
    Former Warriors captain Steve Price has pooh-poohed talk the club has a problem holding onto players for their full contracts 8:07

    Business:
    Four years of war in Ukraine leaves Russia a 'spent force' with diminished influence, analyst says 7:57

    Politics:
    Two Labour stalwarts are at odds over the lack of transparency following the Moa Point failure 7:57

    Entertainment:
    Kimberly Van Der Beek has offered support to Rebecca Gayheart in the wake of their husband's deaths 7:51

     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2026 New Zealand City Ltd