A Tauranga man has admitted his role in a series of assaults and posting videos of them online. Patrick Paul Moloney, 19, initially pleaded not guilty to... Read More

A sister's act of kindness towards her brother after their parents died has morphed into a family spat that even tenancy officials can't resolve. In... Read More

A Kiwi with a menacing history of driving offences has been kicked out of Australia, where his children live, after ploughing into a motorcyclist and... Read More

Cheaper and more available methamphetamine is likely why the drug's use has surged 65% in the Bay of Plenty in the last year, agencies say. New wastewater... Read More

Five liquor stores across the wider Tauranga area caught selling booze to minors have had their licences to sell alcohol suspended for two days next month... Read More

Police are appealing for photos of a missing Russian stuntman. Artour Melikov, 36, vanished in September 2002, with his car later found abandoned at Jellicoe... Read More

Three people have been arrested overnight as police enforce a Gang Conflict Warrant in the Eastern District. The arrests come as police invoked special powers... Read More

Where a bank fails to meet five scam protection changes, they will have to compensate all or part of the customers losses if scammed. New Zealand Banking... Read More

A man has appeared in the Rotorua District Court charged with abducting a 3-year-old girl from a Rotorua early childhood centre for sex. John Tekuru, 19,... Read More

Banks have responded to the Government's expectation to better protect Kiwi consumers from scams by introducing stronger safeguards and a compensation scheme,... Read More

A new Bay of Plenty police officer has found his 'calling” after graduating from Wing 383 in Porirua on Thursday. Constable Ethan Semple is one of six... Read More

A teen who took part in a violent and unprovoked street attack, coward-punching one of his victims, has narrowly avoided jail after a judge ruled it would... Read More