A Tauranga woman has suffered a brain bleed after falling from the boot of a moving car that two children were 'bonnet surfing” on, police allege. The... Read More

The Rotorua Daily Post covered more than 100 court cases in the Rotorua District Court, High Court and through the New Zealand Parole Board in 2025. They... Read More

A neighbour of a live-in parolee rehabilitation facility in Rotorua says she feels so unsafe in her generational family home that she avoids spending time... Read More

Customs officers at the Port of Tauranga spent their Boxing Day opening boxes, including several containing about 18kg of methamphetamine and cocaine, with an... Read More

The rural Pukehina property where a man and woman were found dead last week is owned by a company led by former Zespri chairman Bruce Cameron. A... Read More

Police are investigating a a 'disorder-type incident” in Tauranga from overnight. A SunLive reader reported around 15 police officers were seen on Faulker... Read More

The Police Dive Squad has returned to Lake Alta in the Remarkables mountain range for its annual ice‑diving training, working in some of the most challenging... Read More

Customs seizures of smuggled cocaine at the Port of Tauranga in 2025 were more than double the number in 2024. As New Zealand's biggest port, it is often... Read More

Anyone who was at a Bay of Plenty property in the hours before a man and woman were reported dead there is being urged to contact police. Police say examinations... Read More

Police have charged a man for a Hamilton hit-and-run that left a pedestrian in a serious condition after tracing the vehicle's movements through a series... Read More

An officer was hit by a bottle after police attempted to break up an unruly crowd of about 1000 youths in Whangamatā last night. Eight youths were arrested... Read More

Police are investigating the deaths of two people found in separate houses on the same Bay of Plenty property. Eastern Bay of Plenty area investigations manager... Read More