Crime

New recruitment campaign starring retired cops

New Zealand Police is launching its next big recruitment campaign targeting people who may not realise they are what the agency is looking for - and they've... Read More

Te Puke homicide: Two men arrested

Two people have been charged in relation to the death of Tristan Oakes in Te Puke. The 29-year-old was found critically injured from a gunshot wound at his... Read More

Fighting the surge in child abuse content

There's one question that Simon Peterson, who leads the Child Exploitation Operations Team (COET), gets asked more than any other. 'How do you do it?” He... Read More

Kimber 'genuinely sorry’ for fatal crash

In July 2022, Filthy Few life member Mark Kimber was speeding on his Harley Davidson through Bethlehem, near Tauranga. At the same time, Karen and Geoffrey... Read More

PI cleared after AI dispute over report

James Kelly was facing criminal charges when he paid a private investigator $2000 to provide an 'honest assessment” of the police case against... Read More

Police identify victim of fatal BoP crash

Police have named the man who died after a crash near Whakatāne earlier this month. He was Daniel Paul Henriksen, 40, of Whakatāne. Henriksen died after... Read More

Te Puke homicide: Police seek two men after death

Police have named the man fatally shot in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, on Saturday. He was 29-year-old Tristan Oakes. Oakes was found critically injured... Read More

Pensioner evicted over unpaid council rent

An elderly council housing tenant who was awarded thousands of dollars in compensation after spending almost two years in a 'freezing” cold and... Read More

Homicide investigation launched in Te Puke

A homicide investigation has been launched after the death of a man who was critically injured in Te Puke on Saturday. At around 10.30am, Police received... Read More

Mount gang hit with fines for Facebook raffle

Two patched members of the Greazy Dogs MC gang have been fined after they ran an illegal raffle, which they claimed was to raise funds to take about... Read More

Police to appeal gang patch return rulings

Police say they are appealing two decisions where judges have elected to return gang patches confiscated under the Gangs Act. At least three judges have ruled... Read More

Fatal truck crash: Young driver wrongly blamed

A driver whose van crashed into a forestry truck has had his name cleared after police wrongly suggested he had consumed cannabis and was responsible... Read More