A large police presence is being reported in the Western Bay of Plenty. Several readers have contacted SunLive to say they have seen several police vehicles... Read More

Warning: This story includes details of the sexual abuse of a child and may be distressing. A young man who was trusted to be among his young cousins... Read More

Cocaine with a street value of nearly $16 million has been seized from a container at the Port of Tauranga. Customs officers discovered 45 kilograms of the... Read More

A Rotorua man accused of causing a crash that killed four people and injured two others is to defend the charges at a judge-alone trial in March. Dante Te... Read More

Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour is backing the petition of bereaved mother Sonya Oakes who is calling for tougher sentences and fewer discounts for those... Read More

Footage has emerged on social media that appears to show a drive-by shooting of a Bay of Plenty house. Police cordoned off part of Atuaroa Ave in Te Puke... Read More

A South Waikato woman woke to the sound of a gunshot this morning while staying in Te Puke. The woman said it had been a 'bloody hectic morning” waking... Read More

Police are looking for Robin Dion Leslie Martin, who has a warrant for his arrest. Police said in a statement Martin, 52, was wanted in relation to dishonesty... Read More

The Ministry of Justice has shared the final design for the new $206 million Tauranga courthouse. Main construction is now under way on the Tauranga... Read More

An experienced Pāpāmoa cyclist is glad to be alive after being hit by a ute's wing mirror during the Taupō Enduro. Tod Penberthy said he had completed... Read More

A woman whose brother was killed by a group of Mongrel Mob members says she feels revictimsed after a judge stopped her from reading out all of her pre-approved... Read More

A trailer that broke free from a South Taranaki man's vehicle, crashing into a woman's car and instantly killing her, not only had 'excessive”... Read More