07:30am Sat 20 Apr, 2024
A man has been arrested and a firearm seized following a routine vehicle stop in Whakatāne on Thursday night, says Whakatāne response manager senior sergeant... Read More
10:45am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
Police are warning people to keep their wits about them when buying shipping containers. A new scam is circulating offering shipping containers for sale on... Read More
06:45am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
New Zealand Police have joined international authorities to bust open a significant cybercrime operation, which targeted thousands of people worldwide. Under... Read More
06:30am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
One Tauranga hospitality worker reportedly got a black eye after a customer threw a large ceramic mug at her face. This is just among some of the assaults... Read More
03:54pm Thu 18 Apr, 2024
Police have arrested three youths ater a burglary at a vape store in Rotorua. Officers were called to a store on Tarawera Road in Lynmore following reports... Read More
11:45am Thu 18 Apr, 2024
Plans are progressing for Youth Offender Military Academies as the Government works on ways to reduce youth crime. Tauranga has seen numerous ram raids in... Read More
10:10am Wed 17 Apr, 2024
Beggars 'physically accosted” 10 Aussie tourists at a cafe last week, claims a Rotorua councillor arguing it is time to 'seriously consider” a begging... Read More
07:00am Wed 17 Apr, 2024
Tributes are being posted on social media for a man who was found dead in Mount Maunganui on Monday. He was 37-year-old John Rawiri Piripi Pitihira. 'On... Read More
06:45am Wed 17 Apr, 2024
Police can now release the name of the man who died after running into the sea at Mt Maunganui earlier this week. He was John Rawiri Piripi Pitihira, aged... Read More
01:00pm Tue 16 Apr, 2024
After shooting a man in the back as he drove away from his rural Waikato property, Wade Cresswell stashed some firearms, stuffed methamphetamine in his undies... Read More
07:30am Tue 16 Apr, 2024
Police have charged an 18-year-old man following a fleeing driver incident that left a police officer with facial injuries at the weekend. The incident occurred... Read More
04:20pm Mon 15 Apr, 2024
Tauranga Police have charged two men with burglary after an early morning incident in which a man died while trying to avoid arrest, says acting district commander... Read More