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Across the country, police are approaching innocent young people, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it all to a national database.

Two young boys, 14 and 15, were alone when it happened to them. They were standing outside Cash Converters on Whanganuis main street, waiting for their koro to finish looking in the store, when two policemen caught their eye. Before long, the officers were standing at their feet. "Wheres the bag of money you stole," one officer asked, nearly shouting. The boys were surprised. And they were confused. They denied knowing anything about the stolen money, but that did not convince the men in unifor...

Police using app to photograph innocent youth: Its so wrong Teaniwa Hurihanganui © RNZ / Te Aniwa Hurihanganui Across the country, police are approaching innocent young people, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it all to a national database. But why, and what impact is this having on rangatahi? © Provided by Radio New Zealand No caption Naomi and Charlene Sadlier want police to apologise because their boys came home and felt embarrassed. P...

Im not talking about cds. im talking about vinyl. vinyl was a recording standard for decades. it is now making a come back in the digital age. i recently visited united record pressing, the largest vinyl record company in the country. it was an eye opening and ear opening experience. >> we started making records in 1949. and with like the growth of vinyl, we just needed to find a bigger space and add more presses and double staff. so were kind of a one stop shop here. one of the countries we wor...