Residents of Whakamarama were in the dark this morning after the Armed Offenders Squad locked down Barrett Rd for over two hours in what appears to have been... Read More

A woman's financial loss is a stark reminder to always keep credit cards and PIN numbers secure, warns a financial ombudsman. An overseas holiday took a dark... Read More

The caregiver of an elderly man with dementia tried to get him to change his will with handwritten notes she had penned, and he then signed, instructing... Read More

A Bay of Plenty police officer has undergone surgery after being attacked by a dog during an arrest. Two officers were attending to an arrest warrant on Old... Read More

Tenants who endured major disruptions and intrusions into their home during renovations to make it compliant with healthy homes standards were woken... Read More

Police are not treating the death of a person found on a Western Bay of Plenty beach as suspicious. Emergency services were called to Plummers Point Rd about... Read More

Long-serving former Tauranga Boys' College principal Graham Young is being remembered as a passionate educator, a visionary for boys' education and a 'relentless... Read More

Police are appealing to the public for any possible sightings of Simran. Simran, 41, was reported missing from her home on Tuesday night and police said they... Read More

A gang member who shot at police, then held a wounded man hostage during a two-hour standoff, has had more than a year added to his jail sentence after Crown... Read More

An attempt to smuggle drugs into New Zealand disguised as packs of macadamia nuts has been busted by New Zealand Customs. Parcels containing methamphetamine... Read More

Warning: This story deals with intimate partner violence and self-harm. A survivor of intimate partner violence has called for coercive control to be criminalised,... Read More

Over the course of May Chen's time as a madam, police believe she may have illegally employed as many as 150 women as sex workers and pulled in up to $1.8... Read More