A motorist who paid a car dealer $24,000 for a Toyota RAV4 only discovered the odometer had been tampered with when they took it in for servicing more... Read More

An Eastern Bay of Plenty couple with two teenagers are the first to be prosecuted under new legislation targeting truancy. The pair, who had failed... Read More

-Aston Palmer, Whakatāne Beacon The latest in a string of bronze thefts has prompted a generous response from a kiwi-loving business in Whakatāne. On... Read More

Two men jailed for the nearly 40-year-old cold case killing of a publican have had their convictions tossed out by the highest court in the land. And... Read More

Warning: This story deals with details of sexual offending and may be distressing. 'How this young man ever got to be sharing a room with a young... Read More

Police are investigating a suspicious fire at Bayfair Shopping Centre in Tauranga. Police were called to the commercial premises on Girven Rd about 10.25pm... Read More

'Rather than acting with honesty, courage, and integrity, you drove him to the hospital while stopping to plan your escape and create lies.” Those... Read More

Two people are in custody after a vehicle allegedly failed to stop for police in the Bay of Plenty. Police said officers spotted the vehicle speeding on Reid... Read More

A girl was arrested after allegedly carrying a knife on to Trident High School grounds, prompting the school to go into lockdown for about an hour on Tuesday... Read More

-Whakatāne Beacon A man attacked and robbed outside The Warehouse in Whakatāne for wearing a red cap feared he was going to die as he was punched and kicked... Read More

Police have located a body in the search for a missing Tauranga man. The body was found off the Pahoia Peninsula on Thursday evening, following ongoing efforts... Read More

Warning: This story deals with details of a violent death and suicide and may be distressing. A gun that 'went off” without a trigger-pull,... Read More