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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...

Search warrant nets drugs and cash in Opotiki

Eastern Bay of Plenty Police have today terminated an operation targeting the supply of methamphetamine in Opotiki. The search warrant was executed as part of...

Michaela Barriball gets 17 years prison for murder of Malachi Subecz

27 year old Te Puna woman Michaela Barriball will spend at least 17 years in jail for the murder of 5 year Malachi Subecz. Malachi...

Police updates – Whangamata crash, Queenstown burglaries, Kaikohe firearms incident

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 29 June 2022. Update – Deceased woman, Kau Bay Following a post-mortem examination today, Police can confirm that the...

Two charged with Tauranga murder of Mitchell Te Kani

A 40-year-old man and 40-year old woman have been charged with the murder of 51-year-old Mitchell Te Kani in Tauranga. The pair were previously charged...

Homicide investigation launched following Whakatane assault

Eastern Bay of Plenty Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man in hospital yesterday. Shortly before 11:30am on Saturday 18...

National’s Sam Uffindell wins Tauranga By-Election

Uffindell cruised to victory in the seat left empty by former leader Simon Bridge's resignation from parliament. Tauranga - Preliminary Count. Electorate No. 52 -...

Serious crashes overnight in North Island

Serious crashes overnight have kept emergency services busy in the North Island. Serious crash, Te Awamutu One person is in critical condition following a single vehicle...

Murupara Anti-mRNA vaccine GP Bernard Conlon has medical license renewed

Conlon had his license suspended in February by the Medical Council 'pending further investigation.' Conlon has been practising in the Murupara area for 30 years....

Whakamarama death – homicide investigation launched

A homicide investigation is under way following the death of a man in Whakamārama last night (Sunday 12 June). Emergency services were called to an...

Arrest made following Edgecumbe assault

Police have this evening arrested a 26-year-old man in relation to an assault at Riverslea Mall in Edgecumbe earlier this week. Shortly before 5pm on...

Police updates – Operations Dairyland and Lithium, Whangarei drug bust

Police updates on crimes and investigations for the morning of 4 June 2022. Police recover body from Pelorus River, near Havelock Police have recovered the body...

Drink-driving grandma three times over the limit arrested outside school

A 58-year-old woman has been summonsed to appear in court after blowing three times the legal limit. Eastern Bay of Plenty Police responded to a...

Police updates – Bay of Plenty weather warning, St. Bathans fatal incident

Updates on police investigations for the afternoon of 30 May 2022. Fatal crash, Palmerston North Police can confirm that one person has died following a two...

Appeal for video footage following disorder in Rotorua

Police are appealing for video footage of a disorder incident which took place in Rotorua yesterda evening 17 May. Two groups of people were...

Tauranga Police investigate serious assault at Bayfair Shopping Centre

Tauranga Police are investigating after a Bayfair Shopping Centre employee was the victim of a serious assault on Saturday 14 May 2022. “The man...

Police updates – Feilding school vandalism, Pongakawa fatal crash

Police updates on investigations and cases for 11 May 2022. Name release - fatal crash, SH2, Pongakawa Police can now name the woman who died following...

5 year old Malachi Subecz killed by his carer Michaela Barriball – the shocking facts

Details of the shocking and tragic death of 5 year old Malachi Subecz can now be revealed to the public after the Crown's Summary...

Four fatalities following serious crash – Tāneatua Road, Tāneatua

Police can confirm that four people have died following a serious crash involving two vehicles on Tāneatua Road, Tāneatua at 3pm. Three adults and one...

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