When Kale Wright approached an inner-city police checkpoint in a stolen car he drove straight through it before speeding off on the wrong side of the road. Wright,... Read More

As truck driver Kelly Shearer turned the corner from Mount Maunganui's Hewletts Rd on to Tasman Quay, he felt a bump, which he thought was a pothole. As... Read More

A police officer made around 1700 checks of a person on the police database while off-duty for non-work-related reasons, claiming they believed doing... Read More

Cocaine worth an estimated $58.2 million has been found at the Port of Tauranga in a shipping container from Jamaica. Customs officers based at the port seized... Read More

The owners of a dive company that discovered a car submerged in the Waikato River with a dead body in it have provided insight into the procedural steps... Read More

Police are investigating two ram raids in Tauranga overnight reportedly involving the same vehicle. A spokeswoman said police received a report of a burglary... Read More

Maternal suicide, perinatal deaths and non-family homicides have all been included in a new report to try and get a full picture of violence against women and... Read More

A man has been charged relating to an alleged road rage incident in Tauranga where a driver brandished a knife at another motorist. On May 20, police... Read More

Today the Government's sentencing reforms take effect, restoring real consequences for crime, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said. 'Communities and hardworking... Read More

A man has been charged relating to an alleged road rage incident in Tauranga where a driver brandished a knife at another motorist. On May 20, police received... Read More

A joint investigation has foiled a criminal syndicate's operation, whose members have allegedly facilitated the smuggling of class A drugs through Auckland... Read More

A 31-year-old Hamilton man accused of causing the death of deaf and blind cancer survivor Paige Johnson in a Rotorua hit-and-run has made his first appearance... Read More