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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...

Police updates – Operation Cobalt, Northland drug bust

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 13 August 2022. Arrests made in relation to Mt Roskill firearms incident Police have arrested and charged two people...

Police updates – Opua incident, missing persons in Waikanae and Lake Rotorua

Police updates on crimes and investigations for Thursday 11 August 2022. Name release - Fatal crash, Burkes Pass Police can now release the name of the...

Sam Uffindell – new allegations

A former flatmate of new Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell says he engaged in aggressive and intimidatory behaviour when drunk or high on drugs. The alleged...

Sam Uffindell tells Hosking ‘I was a 16 year old kid and I made a mistake’

New National Party MP for Tauranga Sam Uffindell tells The Mike Hosking Breakfast that he's very remorseful for what he did at boarding school...

Police updates – Whakatane burglaries, Invercargill and Waitaki fatal crashes

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 5 August 2022. Whakatāne car thefts stymied by help from public – burglaries solved in process Thanks to good...

Injured morepork hitches ride with Opotiki cops

Late shifts in Ōpōtiki are never dull, but this one turned into more of a ‘hoot’ than usual. In between dealing with two traffic matters...

Police updates – Taranaki homicide, Rotorua and West Plains fatal crashes

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 1 August 2022. Homicide investigation underway in Taranaki A homicide investigation is underway in Taranaki after a man’s body...

Brian Tamaki charged with careless driving

The Destiny Church leader was travelling on Hamurana Road north of Rotorua when the car he was driving collided with another carrying two elderly...

Arrests in Whakamarama homicide of Eli Johnson

Police have charged two men for the murder of Eli Johnson in Whakamarama last month. Mr Johnson, 27, died after he was violently assaulted on...

Name release: Fatal crash, Bethlehem

Police can now release the names of the man and woman who died following a traffic incident on SH2, Bethlehem, on Friday 22 July. They...

Severe weather warnings in force for northern and central New Zealand

Heavy rain and gales for northern and central New Zealand. A front is forecast to move slowly southwards over northern and central New Zealand during...

Mark Hohua homicide: 4th man arrested

Police have arrested a fourth man for the murder of 48-year-old Mark Hohua in Whakatāne. Mr Hohua died in hospital early on June 19 from...

Police updates – Havelock North and Rotorua fatal crashes

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 9 July 2022. Name release - Fatal crash, Havelock North Police can now name the person who died following...

Kawerau property forfeited from major methamphetamine investigation – Operation Notus

The first forfeiture from the major Police operation targeting methamphetamine supply in Kawerau has been completed. Operation Notus, is the award winning six month long...

Ohope thief arrested

A 28-year-old man has been arrested following a number of dishonesty offences committed recently in the Ōhope area. Over the two nights spanning from Thursday,...

Arrests following Tauranga Historic Village fire

A 29-year-old man and a 33-year-old man have been arrested in relation to a fire at the Tauranga Historic Village last month. The two local...

Eli Johnson homicide – police want info on two vehicles of interest

Bay of Plenty Police investigating the death of Eli Johnson in Whakamarama last month want to speak to the occupants of a vehicle in...

Further arrest in homicide investigation of Whakatane man Mark Hohua

Police have arrested a third man for the murder of 48-year-old Mark Hohua in Whakatāne. Mr Hohua died in hospital early on June 19 from...

Police updates – crashes in Ashhurst and Rotorua

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 3 July 2022. Update - serious crash, Ashhurst Police can confirm one person has died following the earlier two-vehicle...

Mitchell Te Kani murder – police appeal for sightings of vehicle

Police investigating the death of 51-year-old Mitchell Te Kani in Tauranga on 14 May are appealing for sightings of a red Honda Odyssey, registration...

Whakatane hit-and-run suspect arrested

Police have arrested a 20-year-old man in relation to a hit and run on Matirerau Street in Whakatāne on 21 June. The man will appear...

Two men arrested in murder investigation of Whakatane man Mark Hohua

A 25-year-old man from Waimana and a 32-year old man from Taneatua have been arrested for the murder of 48-year-old Mark Hohua in Whakatane...

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