Two men charged over the alleged hit-and-run death of Rotorua deaf and blind man Paige Johnson have denied a range of charges. Riki Ronald Edward Lum, from... Read More

A violent neo-Nazi hate group with international reach has been relisted as a terrorist entity by the New Zealand Government, amid ongoing efforts to prevent... Read More

A Tauranga dairy owner is feeling panicked as his sales plummet after a ram raid. Police called Varinder Singh on July 1 at 1.30am to say that his store had... Read More

A pump action shotgun, cash and more than half a kilogram of cocaine were seized in a police operation targeting drug suppliers in Matamata-Piako. The gun... Read More

Warning: This story deals with details of sexual assault and may be distressing. A 13-year-old Rotorua girl befriended by a man claiming to be 16 on Snapchat... Read More

Thirteen Mongrel Mob members in cars swarmed around a rival gang vehicle at a Rotorua roundabout in broad daylight and attacked. Some had weapons, some... Read More

A teenager who ran down his mother's partner with a car and killed him can now be named as Rereamanu Ronaki-Wihapi. Ronaki-Wihapi is serving a 17-year... Read More

Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell, Police Minister Mark Mitchell, area commander Inspector Herby Ngawhika, Bay of Plenty District Commander Superintendent Tim Anderson,... Read More

Police say a shooting in Murupara happened at a private dwelling and no arrests have been made yet. A man was shot in the leg on Saturday and taken to... Read More

Warning: This story deals with details of sexual assault and may be distressing. A man 'violently” raped his ex-wife and mother of his child,... Read More

Police are looking for a man they describe as a 'risk to the public”. Redmond Huirua, 34, has a warrant for his arrest for wounding with intent... Read More

Within hours of Trevor and Rosemary Newbrook's home being broken into, burgled and burnt down, William Tidd was at Rotorua pawn shops trying to hock off... Read More