Bay of Plenty Police have laid charges in relation to three fatal crashes in the region over summer. A 47-year-old woman is due to appear in the Ōpōtiki... Read More

A skateboard-wielding man suspected of aggravated robbery used the board to smash the windscreen of a police patrol car when officers arrived at his apartment... Read More

A teen who impersonated a police officer while questioning Rotorua Hospital staff is known by police as an 'emergency services chaser”. Joshua Stuart... Read More

'The questions kept coming over and over ... why?” The 60-year-old motorcycle rider who struck Geoffrey and Karen Boucher in 2022, as they crossed... Read More

Almost a year has passed since Ronny Okeke was involved in a physical altercation in suburban Auckland - then never seen alive again. His body was found in... Read More

A man battling terminal cancer was beaten with a patu outside his Te Aroha home six months before he died. The victim, whose name is suppressed, was... Read More

The woman accused of murdering a 63-year-old man found dead on a walkway in Gate Pā, Tauranga, can now be revealed as Rachael Anne Eddy. Her trial is set... Read More

This story covers Youth Court proceedings that have statutory suppressions, including the young person's identity. 'The guys you went offending with,... Read More

After the parents of a young girl with life-threatening leukaemia withdrew their consent for her to continue chemotherapy, government agencies began... Read More

A 'ticking time bomb”. That's how the conveyor belt system that killed factory worker Wesley Tomich has been described by his sister. 'Traumatised”... Read More

'In the absence of him failing to stop for the red light, we wouldn't be here.” But whether the motorcyclist could see the red signal before... Read More

A former lawyer who tried to obstruct an official investigation into her business has now pleaded guilty to unlawfully claiming $375,000 of legal funds... Read More