01:00pm Tue 15 Apr, 2025
A woman who scammed Facebook Marketplace users has admitted taking hundreds of dollars off buyers before ghosting them and failing to hand over goods. Tania... Read More
06:34am Tue 15 Apr, 2025
The identity of a Tauranga man accused of stealing property from an ambulance and unlawfully possessing police property has been suppressed. The defendant... Read More
07:00pm Mon 14 Apr, 2025
A man who struck and killed Karen and Geoffrey Boucher on a pedestrian crossing has been found guilty of manslaughter - meaning he can now be identified... Read More
06:00pm Mon 14 Apr, 2025
Colombian Felipe Montoya-Ospina was one of several people in the syndicate convicted. Photo: UnSplash/ Matthew Ansley The Court of Appeal has upheld the 14-year... Read More
06:00pm Fri 11 Apr, 2025
Warning: This story deals with details of sexual assault of a young person. A man who paid a 15-year-old, whom he'd met on Grindr, to have sex with him,... Read More
11:20am Fri 11 Apr, 2025
A man allegedly smashed windows at a Bay of Plenty police station with an officer inside this morning, sparking an armed police response. Kawerau area... Read More
10:10am Fri 11 Apr, 2025
A man accused of a triple murder in Rotorua has pleaded not guilty and is taking the case to trial on the grounds of insanity. The case of Justin Matthew... Read More
05:40pm Thu 10 Apr, 2025
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder following the death of a man in Kawerau. The teenager is the second person arrested concerning... Read More
07:00am Thu 10 Apr, 2025
One of the most influential members of the Comancheros gang has been charged this week with allegedly importing 200kg of drugs removed by force from the Port... Read More
06:00pm Wed 09 Apr, 2025
Police have pushed out the starting date for phase two of the police reduction of support to mental health events even further, after advice from a governance... Read More
07:00am Wed 09 Apr, 2025
Bay of Plenty Police have laid charges in relation to three fatal crashes in the region over summer. A 47-year-old woman is due to appear in the Ōpōtiki... Read More
11:47am Tue 08 Apr, 2025
A skateboard-wielding man suspected of aggravated robbery used the board to smash the windscreen of a police patrol car when officers arrived at his apartment... Read More