Crime

Teenage boy punches, kicks live octopus in BOP

Warning: Graphic content A 'violent and disturbing” video has emerged of a teenage boy repeatedly punching a live octopus in the head at a Bay... Read More

Operation Trolley: Multiple arrests in Rotorua

As part of ongoing work to ensure Rotorua's community feels safer within the CBD, 13 people were arrested and 45 shopping trolleys have been returned to their... Read More

Over 30 meth lollies never recovered, no arrests

More than five months after the first meth lolly was found, police have confirmed the operation is winding down, with 27 out of 61 never recovered. Lollies... Read More

'Unprovoked assault': Man critical condition SH2

Police have charged a person after a man was found critically injured on a road in Bethlehem this week. Emergency services were called to the State Highway... Read More

Sex offender rejoins community with no oversight

A child sex offender deported from Australia was able to rejoin the New Zealand community without oversight because of a loophole in the law governing... Read More

Man jailed for sexual abuse of young stepdaughter

Warning: This story deals with details of the sexual abuse of a child and may be distressing. A schoolgirl who was abused by her stepfather 'hundreds... Read More

Robbery: Worker assaulted, cash register taken

A bar worker has been assaulted during a robbery at a Tauranga bar. A spokesman said police were called to a Cameron Rd bar about 9.30pm on Tuesday. 'A... Read More

Critically injured man found on Bethlehem road

Police are investigating after a man was found critically injured in Bethlehem overnight. Police said they were called to the State Highway 2/Te Paeroa Rd... Read More

Man's crime spree with former bosses' cards

A man with a serious drug addiction went on a $33,000 crime spree using his former employers' accounts at stores and stolen fuel cards to buy more... Read More

Drugged driver blames dog's death for crash

The judge called it a 'disastrous decision” costing the lives of two community-minded people. The offender called it a 'pure accident” that... Read More

Refuse station targeted in ‘senseless attack’

Vandals have targeted Waihī‘s refuse station in a 'senseless attack”. Hauraki District Council said the Waihī Refuse Transfer Station was... Read More

Customs v cocaine: Behind the scenes with Customs

There are plenty of ways to smuggle drugs, cigarettes, firearms, and other illicit substances into New Zealand, including hiding them in a container or... Read More