Police have charged a 52-year-old Rotorua man with murder, after a woman was located deceased at an Utuhina address yesterday.
The man was scheduled to...
This morning over 200 concerned citizens attended a council meeting in Tauranga in a show of force against the Director-General of Health Diana Sarfati's...
Tauranga lawyer Kirsten Murfitt has initiated a parliamentary petition calling for the public release of the Pfizer/BioNTech contract for the supply of COVID-19 'vaccines'...
Police updates on crimes and investigations for 18 August 2024.
Five arrested following Bethlehem Burglary, Tauranga
Five people have been arrested following a burglary in Tauranga...
Police updates on crimes and investigations for 17 August 2024.
Man arrested following Whakatu incident
One person has been arrested following a Police operation in Whakatu,...
Tauranga resident Jan Gyenge stopped paying her rates since March 2022 in protest against the reappointment of a commissionm, which she believes undermined democracy...
A minor eruption has occurred onWhite Island, prompting authorities to raise the Volcanic Alert Level to 3 and the Aviation Colour Code to orange.
According...
Vigilantes posing as underage teenagers online are luring men to meet-up spots in Tauranga before forcing them to strip naked and beating them.
The group...
One person has died following a workplace incident at Kaingaroa Forest, Rotorua today.
Emergency services responded to the address off of Tom Rodgers Road around...
Raquel Haina Kiwi, previously labelled one of New Zealand's worst recidivist drink-drivers, has been caught driving under the influence again.
Kiwi, who has over 90...
Rotorua Police want to thank members of the public who reported a vehicle’s erratic driving on State Highway 30 yesterday, Friday 28 June.
'Thanks to...
Police updates on crimes and investigations for 21 June 2024.
Witnesses sought after Kawerau serious assault
Eastern Bay of Plenty Police are asking for the public’s...
Police are now treating the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Ronny Okeke as suspicious.
On Tuesday, the investigation team were conducting searches in part of...
Michael Hill Jeweller has announced the closure of its Whakatāne store on June 29 due to a string of criminal incidents.
Despite significant investment in...
Former international rugby player Matua Parkinson has confessed to purchasing firearms and illegally selling them to an unlicensed individual, faking a burglary, and submitting...
Police have charged four people following three serious incidents in Rotorua and Taupō last month.
On Wednesday 22 May, Rotorua Police responded to the ram...
The end of Contracted Emergency Housing (CEH) motels in Rotorua is nearing another milestone as the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announces...
Thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Auckland, with similar demonstrations taking place across Nelson, Whakatāne, Christchurch, and Tākaka, to oppose the coalition Government’s Fast-Track...
41-year-old Richard Sivell of Te Ranga is accused of threatening to kill former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Sivell, who was rearrested in Taupō nearly two...
Five people have been arrested following a disorder in Te Puke overnight.
Police were called to Dunlop Road around 2:45am following reports of a group...
A Tauranga Boys' College teacher, Pinky Green, who resigned in 1988 following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a student, had been the focus of...
A man is in custody and facing numerous charges following a serious incident in Eastern Bay of Plenty overnight.
About 10pm, as Police officers approached...
The Olympic gold medallist and world rowing champion is considering joining the Tauranga City Council race.
Considering his family's legacy of civic involvement and inspired...
Swift action by nearby Police officers has resulted in three youths arrested following a burglary in Rotorua this morning.
At around 6:30am Police were alerted...
A Māori mother was left feeling racially discriminated against and embarrassed after being mistakenly identified as a trespasser during a trial of facial recognition...
One person has died following a crash on State Highway 5, Whakarewarewa, south of Rotorua this morning.
The crash, involving two vehicles, was reported to...
A second person has been arrested and charged with murder following the death of Steven Taiatini in Ōpōtiki last year.
Steven Taiatini was fatally struck...