Graham Bell, a veteran former detective inspector and the former host of Police Ten 7, has died. Bell, 78, died yesterday after a battle with cancer,... Read More

A man trying to flee police struck a police dog with such force that it ripped out one of the dog's reinforced metal teeth. Owen Heke denied striking... Read More

Police have found a body in the search for a 62-year-old missing Tauranga man. Cecil was reported missing by whānau last week after last being seen in... Read More

A duffle bag containing 21 bricks of cocaine, worth an estimated $7.3 million, has been seized from a shipping container at the Port of Tauranga. A Customs... Read More

An international Kiwi sportsman was caught drink-driving after he strayed from his usual course of paying for a ride after a night's drinking. A judge... Read More

Witness statements at the coronial inquiry into the Whakaari-White Island disaster begin today. The volcano in Bay of Plenty erupted on December 9, 2019,... Read More

A beneficiary who embarked on a four-year crime spree that involved damaging 31 boats and defrauding the Ministry of Social Development and Inland Revenue... Read More

Police and whānau are appealing for sightings of 62-year-old Cecil, reported missing in Tauranga. He was last seen about a week ago in the Ohauiti/Hairini... Read More

A Nomads member convicted of wearing his gang insignia while at a community event has upped the ante in his challenge of the patch-ban legislation. In... Read More

A longstanding Bay of Plenty dairy farming company has been fined $59,500 after spilling effluent into a river. Warneford Farms was incorporated in 1970 and... Read More

An 'honest, decent” 20-year-old man will stay in prison after he caused a woman's death while driving drunk. Tupea Mika is described in court... Read More

The mental health minister's office has been briefed after a woman allegedly murdered one person and seriously injured another inside a car. Health New Zealand... Read More