Crime

Women charged over boy's violent death named

The two women charged in relation to the death of 8-year-old Te Teko boy Rickah'Shae Keefe-Haerewa can now be named. They are 25-year-old Maya Hati... Read More

Police backtrack on plan for new road spikes

Police have backtracked on replacing their old road spikes - which have injured dozens of officers - despite testing new, safer spikes. But because so few... Read More

'Mind-blowing' amounts of stolen ponamu recovered

Stolen pounamu ranks as the commodity second most traded for drugs, after cash, according to a West Coast hapū. Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae Chair Francois... Read More

Police arrest four youths for aggravated robbery

Taupō Police have arrested and charged four youths in relation to an aggravated robbery at a jewellery store earlier today. The aggravated robbery occurred... Read More

Drug busts: 13 arrests, drugs, cash & guns seized

Police have made 13 arrests in what they call a 'significant investigation into methamphetamine dealing by an organised criminal group in Rotorua”. The... Read More

In pursuit of paw-fection

If you're a fan of New Zealand Police dogs, chances are you're familiar with the work of Sergeant Jane Dunn. Away from her day job as the first national forensic... Read More

Trainer kicks horse in genitals, avoids conviction

A North Island horse trainer who admitted ill-treatment of four horses - including kicking one twice in the genitals - has won a bid to avoid any convictions... Read More

Man sentenced for Arataki Community Centre rape

Warning: This story deals with details of sexual violence and may be distressing. 'I wished he had killed me, that would have been so much easier.” The... Read More

Coromandel shooting: Name suppression not pursued

A man will fight charges of murder and attempted murder after an alleged shooting on a remote road on the Coromandel Peninsula. Kevin Mabbott, 41,... Read More

Man admits causing hunter's death

A Whangamatā man has admitted he carelessly fired a rifle and caused the death of a man while hunting near Murupara in December last year. Sean Joseph... Read More

Mauao to close during repair of vandalised pounamu

Tauranga's popular maunga Mauao will be closed on Tuesday while vandalism damage to the cultural compass is repaired. The large pounamu touchstone on top... Read More

Coromandel shooting: Mother pays tribute to son

The man shot and killed in Coromandel was a father of five and his grieving mother has paid tribute to her 'ratbag, free-spirited” son. Kevin Mabbott,... Read More