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Police updates – Tauranga and Takanini fatal crashes, Feilding burglary

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 4 December 2022. One person has died following a serious crash in Tauranga yesterday morning The two-vehicle crash on...

Vandals cut 150 kiwifruit vines on Te Teko orchard

Te Teko Police are currently investigating an incident in which 150 Gold Kiwifruit vines were cut at an orchard in Te Teko, sometime between...

Police updates – Jacks Bay death, Hastings bar incident, Spencer Park fatality

Updates on crimes and investigations for 14 November 2022. Person dies following incident at Spencer Park Police can confirm a person has died at Spencer Park...

Police updates – Fatal crashes Hornby, Manukau, New Plymouth, Manukau Harbour missing person

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 12 November 2022. Name release - Fatal crash, Pound Road Police can now confirm the name of the person...

Son of prominent church leaders gets home detention for sexually abusing two underaged girls

Name suppression lapsed for 19 year old Alessandro Milgate-Vassalini on Thursday. Milgate-Vassalini is the son of Curate Church leaders Joel and Katie Milgate. On Thursday he...

Arrest made in Korrey Whyman homicide

Police have this morning arrested a man for the murder of Korrey Whyman in Rotorua in September. Korrey, from Kawerau, was shot inside a vehicle...

Rotorua BNZ hold-up: Man arrested

A man has been taken into custody following an incident at a BNZ bank in Amohau Street, Rotorua this afternoon. Emergency services were called to...

Police updates – Fatal crashes Opotiki, Winton, Mitimiti, Kerikeri, Ngaruawahia fire

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 8 November 2022. Update: Serious crash, Winton Police can confirm one person has died in a three-vehicle crash at...

Police updates – Manukau Harbour incident, Lake Okataina crash, New Lynn gun incident arrest

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 7 November 2022. UPDATE – Fatal crash, Lake Ōkataina Police can confirm that one person has died following a...

Body found, Lake Rotorua

Rotorua Police have today located a body in Lake Rotorua. Police were alerted about 2.45pm by a member of the public who saw something of...

Police updates – fatal crashes in Kaimai Ranges, Ngahinapouri and US Tourist death

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 1 November 2022. Name release, fatal crash, SH 29, Kaimai Ranges Police can now name the person who died...

One-legged child sex abuser Shiloh David Cresswell jailed for 18 years

Cresswell's depraved crimes were committed against a total of 11 boys and girls aged between 5 and 16. 44 year old Cresswell appeared in the...

Fatal crash – Lake Rotoma

Police can confirm that one person has died following a crash involving a single vehicle at Lake Rotoma this afternoon. Police responded to a report...

Missing kayaker, Lake Rotorua

Police Search and Rescue continue to search for a missing kayaker on Lake Rotorua this morning after he was reported overdue yesterday afternoon. The man,...

Fatal crash overnight – SH 35 near Waihau Bay in Bay of Plenty

One person has died following a crash on State Highway 35 last night. The single vehicle crash happened around 10:35pm about 6km north of Waihau...

Eight arrested in Rotorua drug bust

Eight people have been arrested following a three month operation focusing on the manufacture and supply of methamphetamine in Rotorua. In addition to the arrests,...

Crown’s appeal against rapist Jayden Meyer home detention sentence dismissed

Meyer was sentenced earlier this year to 9 months home detention for the rape of four teenage girls. Meyer was 16 at the time of...

Police updates – fatal crashes Ashburton and Opotiki

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 16 October 2022. UPDATE- Fatal crash, SH 35, Opotiki One person has died following a single vehicle crash on...

Police identify vehicle used in fatal shooting of Korrey Whyman

Police have now identified the vehicle used in the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Korrey Whyman. Police launched a homicide investigation late last month after an...

Crown appeals sentence of convicted rapist Jayden Desmond Meyer

Meyer was convicted of raping four 15 year old girls in 2020 and 2021, when he was aged 16. Tauranga District Court judge Christopher Harding...

Police updates – South Wairarapa fire, Waimarama fatal crash

Police updates on crime and investigations for 11 October 2022. Fire, South Wairarapa Police are assisting Fire and Emergency New Zealand following reports of multiple fires...

Police updates – Wellington motorway protest, Gisborne fatal crash

Police updates on crimes and investigations for the evening of 10 October 2022. UPDATE - Incident on SH1, Wellington The incident on State Highway 1 that...

Police updates – Nawton robbery, Rangiora emergency landing

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 10 October 2022. Information sought following aggravated robbery, Nawton Police are asking for the public's help following an aggravated...

Police investigate Rotorua suspicious fire

An investigation is underway after Police and FENZ responded to a suspicious fire involving a car and a building, on Amohau Street at around...

Police updates – Beerescourt aggravated robbery, Invercargill disorder incident

Police updates on crimes and investigations for Saturday 1 October 2022. Reminder to drive to the conditions, Rotorua Police are reminding motorists to drive to the...

Rotorua homicide – police and family release photo of victim Korrey Whyman

Police are continuing to investigate the tragic death of Korrey Whyman who was shot and killed in Rotorua early on Sunday morning. 'On behalf of...

Police updates – Awatoto serious assault, Te Rapa aggravated robbery, Wellington stabbing

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 26 September 2022. Police seek witnesses to Wellington incident Police are seeking witnesses to a serious incident in the...

Further arrests in David Kuka homicide

Two more people have been arrested in relation to a homicide in Tauranga in 2018. David Kuka was fatally shot at an address in Wilrose...

Police apprehend Kawerau ATM robber

Police have executed a search warrant and arrested a man in relation to the aggravated robbery of an ATM in Kawerau earlier this week. The...

Jayden Desmond Meyer who raped four underaged girls given 9 months home detention – protests and petition started

Jayden Desmond Meyer, aged 18 was sentenced for the offending which took place in the Bay of Plenty during 2020 and 2021. Meyer faced a...

Police appealing for witnesses to ATM robbery in Kawerau

Police investigating an aggravated robbery of a Kawerau ATM near a supermarket yesterday morning and are following strong lines of enquiry. The aggravated robbery of...

Police updates – Ngongotaha robbery, Aka Aka fatal crash, Westmere incident

Updates on crimes and police investigations for 4 September 2022. Train incident - Kapiti Police are now in a position to confirm a person has died...

Police investigating assault on woman in Tauranga

Police are asking for the public’s assistance after a woman was assaulted in Tauranga on Saturday evening (27 August). The victim was walking along Devonport...

Body confirmed as that of missing Lake Rotorua kayaker Gregory Flavell

Police can now name the man whose body was found in Lake Rotorua on Tuesday. He was Gregory Flavell, 18, of Rotorua who was reported...

Sudden death, Waerenga / Mission Bay

Police are making enquiries after a person was located deceased near Waerenga / Mission Bay, Rotorua today. Police were notified shortly before midday by a...

North Island crime spree – two men arrested

Police investigating an aggravated burglary in Kawerau early yesterday morning have now made two arrests. Police received a report of a burglary at a commercial...

Welcome Bay firearms incident – arrests made

Police have arrested two men this afternoon following an incident in Welcome Bay where a firearm was allegedly presented and threats made. Officers were called...

Search for missing kayaker Gregory Flavell continues

Police overseeing the search for missing kayaker Gregory Flavell on Lake Rotorua are asking anyone who may have seen his paddle to get in...

Missing Lake Rotorua kayaker named as Gregory Flavell, family release statement

Navy divers using sonar equipment have been working at Lake Rotorua yesterday and today in the search for a missing kayaker. Unfortunately, nothing of interest...

Update – missing kayaker, Lake Rotorua

Late last evening, Police, LandSAR teams, Coastguard, Navy and Police dive teams have completed a further full day of searching for a kayaker missing...

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