10:45am Thu 19 Dec, 2024
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
10:45am Wed 18 Dec, 2024
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
10:10am Wed 18 Dec, 2024
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
03:00pm Tue 17 Dec, 2024
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
02:00pm Tue 17 Dec, 2024
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
04:56pm Mon 16 Dec, 2024
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
01:00pm Mon 16 Dec, 2024
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
10:10am Mon 16 Dec, 2024
Warning: This story deals with descriptions of family violence and may be distressing. 'You'll end up in the boot of my f***en car ... End up on the... Read More
08:21am Mon 16 Dec, 2024
An alleged fraudster who is believed to have conned multiple victims out of up to $200,000 worth of cash, goods and services has been arrested and will appear... Read More
11:45am Sat 14 Dec, 2024
One person is dead and another seriously injured after a shooting on the remote 309 Rd between Coromandel Town and Whitianga on Coromandel Peninsula yesterday. A... Read More
09:00am Sat 14 Dec, 2024
Police are disappointed by a significant increase in drug use across New Zealand revealed in the latest quarter of wastewater testing. Testing was conducted... Read More
08:00pm Fri 13 Dec, 2024
Customs has warned drug smugglers this summer after arresting a 29-year-old Canadian at Auckland International Airport for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine... Read More