A fast-track application to extend Port of Tauranga wharves has been halted over a question about the described scope of the extension. This comes... Read More

Four people have been caught in a police operation targeting black market firearms in the Bay of Plenty and Gisborne. Police from the National Organised Crime... Read More

Police are at Taylor Reserve in Pāpāmoa this morning after an assault left one person with serious injuries. Police said they received a report about 12.30am. 'The... Read More

A man has been arrested for importing nearly one million uncustomed cigarettes into New Zealand and avoiding a tax bill of $1.4 million. The 43-year-old... Read More

Police are investigating alleged assaults on staff at Tauranga Hospital. Officers were called to Tauranga Hospital twice on August 21 after reports of a man... Read More

When a man who was on blood thinners started getting worsening headaches and nausea, his wife began to worry. The man insisted he was fine, but did... Read More

Police and Customs have sprung upon a $37 million methamphetamine shipment concealed among machine parts sent through air cargo. Seven people face criminal... Read More

Police are asking for the public's help in finding Aydan, who has been reported missing from the Chartwell area in Hamilton. The 39-year-old was reported... Read More

Each day on The Great New Zealand Road Trip, we catch up with a notable and noteworthy New Zealander, posing to them the same nine questions. Today we... Read More

Warning: This story deals with details of sexual assault and may be distressing. When a teen overseas exchange student came to New Zealand, she was... Read More

Police have today charged 12 people for the murder of a Rotorua man last month. Seven of those charged are from the small Bay of Plenty town of Maketu. Zain... Read More

CCTV footage played in open court showing the moment Richard Martin was struck by a car has shown the 'stark reality” of what happened that fatal night... Read More