Warning: This story contains content some may find disturbing. A 13-year-old girl was brought to New Zealand and enslaved, with a paediatrician saying the... Read More

A Rotorua kōhanga reo has been targeted by burglars, with food, televisions, cutlery and Easter Eggs among the items stolen. Aukaha News reported Te... Read More

A woman who scammed Facebook Marketplace users has admitted taking hundreds of dollars off buyers before ghosting them and failing to hand over goods. Tania... Read More

The identity of a Tauranga man accused of stealing property from an ambulance and unlawfully possessing police property has been suppressed. The defendant... Read More

A man who struck and killed Karen and Geoffrey Boucher on a pedestrian crossing has been found guilty of manslaughter - meaning he can now be identified... Read More

Colombian Felipe Montoya-Ospina was one of several people in the syndicate convicted. Photo: UnSplash/ Matthew Ansley The Court of Appeal has upheld the 14-year... Read More

Warning: This story deals with details of sexual assault of a young person. A man who paid a 15-year-old, whom he'd met on Grindr, to have sex with him,... Read More

A man allegedly smashed windows at a Bay of Plenty police station with an officer inside this morning, sparking an armed police response. Kawerau area... Read More

A man accused of a triple murder in Rotorua has pleaded not guilty and is taking the case to trial on the grounds of insanity. The case of Justin Matthew... Read More

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder following the death of a man in Kawerau. The teenager is the second person arrested concerning... Read More

One of the most influential members of the Comancheros gang has been charged this week with allegedly importing 200kg of drugs removed by force from the Port... Read More

Police have pushed out the starting date for phase two of the police reduction of support to mental health events even further, after advice from a governance... Read More