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Almost $2 billion will be spent on prisons, staff, and rehabilitation over the next four years

New Zealanders will be safer because of a $1.9 billion investment in more frontline Corrections officers, more support for offenders to turn away from crime, and more prison capacity, Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell says.

'It’s hard to think of a better way to spend a dollar than taking dangerous criminals off the streets,' says ACT Leader David Seymour, welcoming a $1.9 billion investment to expand prison capacity and deliver frontline Corrections officers.

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Indian owners of independent jewellery stores are disappointed the government has failed to reduce crime amid a recent spate of aggravated robberies.

They are disappointed over the Government's lack of progress.

A Goleta man has pleaded not guilty to nearly two dozen felony charges alleging he raped, assaulted and stalked a woman over a period of more than a year.

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OPINION Three opinion polls have been released in the past two days, all showing that the new Government is failing to hold its popular support. The usual...

Police Minister Mark Mitchell will travel to Canberra tomorrow to represent the Government at the Police Ministers Council (PMC) meeting on Friday.