A North Island horse trainer who admitted ill-treatment of four horses - including kicking one twice in the genitals - has won a bid to avoid any convictions... Read More

Warning: This story deals with details of sexual violence and may be distressing. 'I wished he had killed me, that would have been so much easier.” The... Read More

A man will fight charges of murder and attempted murder after an alleged shooting on a remote road on the Coromandel Peninsula. Kevin Mabbott, 41,... Read More

A Whangamatā man has admitted he carelessly fired a rifle and caused the death of a man while hunting near Murupara in December last year. Sean Joseph... Read More

Tauranga's popular maunga Mauao will be closed on Tuesday while vandalism damage to the cultural compass is repaired. The large pounamu touchstone on top... Read More

The man shot and killed in Coromandel was a father of five and his grieving mother has paid tribute to her 'ratbag, free-spirited” son. Kevin Mabbott,... Read More

Warning: This story deals with descriptions of family violence and may be distressing. 'You'll end up in the boot of my f***en car ... End up on the... Read More

An alleged fraudster who is believed to have conned multiple victims out of up to $200,000 worth of cash, goods and services has been arrested and will appear... Read More

One person is dead and another seriously injured after a shooting on the remote 309 Rd between Coromandel Town and Whitianga on Coromandel Peninsula yesterday. A... Read More

Police are disappointed by a significant increase in drug use across New Zealand revealed in the latest quarter of wastewater testing. Testing was conducted... Read More

Customs has warned drug smugglers this summer after arresting a 29-year-old Canadian at Auckland International Airport for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine... Read More

The vandalism of the star compass atop Tauranga's iconic landmark Mauao is 'gutless racism”, an iwi leader says. The pounamu touchstone on top of the... Read More