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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A teen who impersonated a police officer while questioning Rotorua Hospital staff is known by police as an 'emergency services chaser”. Joshua Stuart... Read More

'The questions kept coming over and over ... why?” The 60-year-old motorcycle rider who struck Geoffrey and Karen Boucher in 2022, as they crossed... Read More

Almost a year has passed since Ronny Okeke was involved in a physical altercation in suburban Auckland - then never seen alive again. His body was found in... Read More

A man battling terminal cancer was beaten with a patu outside his Te Aroha home six months before he died. The victim, whose name is suppressed, was... Read More