Crime

Two charged for importing ketamine

Police have charged two people responsible for importing large quantities of the class C controlled drug ketamine. Detective Senior Sergeant Hamish Blackburn... Read More

Police on high alert amid BOP gang tangi

Police have warned that they will be on high alert across the Bay of Plenty following the passing on two Black Power members this week. Eastern Bay of Plenty... Read More

Have you seen David?

Police are appealing appeal for sightings of missing man David Huggan. David left his bright blue, Mitsubishi Triton ute, at the top of Sainsbury Road, Mt... Read More

Gang member jailed for retribution killing

A Mongrel Mob member who shot and killed a Tauranga man to exact retribution for killing of a fellow gang member the month before, has been sentenced to life... Read More

Police dog graduation: May the paws be with you

Eight new police patrol dog teams are now trained up and ready to go after graduating from the New Zealand Police Dog Training Centre in Trentham on Wednesday,... Read More

Parliament protest: Six cases of excessive force

The police watchdog has found officers used excessive force in six incidents during last year's protest and occupation of Parliament's grounds. The... Read More

GRAPHIC: Patient assaulted at Tauranga Hospital

WARNING: This story contains graphic images showing the extent of the woman's injuries. Please view at your own discretion. An 82-year-old woman who went... Read More

Vehicle crash and robbery in Te Puke

Police are making enquiries following a robbery in Te Puke on Wednesday afternoon. "We received reports of a person stealing goods from a store on Jocelyn... Read More

Police release name of homicide victim

A post-mortem is being conducted today on the victim of Sunday's homicide in Whakatāne. Police can now name the victim. He was 27-year-old Tuterangi... Read More

Police appeal for information about stabbing

Police are appealing for information in relation to a stabbing on State Highway 27, Springdale, Matamata-Piako District on Sunday, December 10. The stabbing... Read More

'Holding his organs': Witness describes stabbing

A witness has described how a man was lying unconscious on the ground, holding his organs, after being stabbed at a car meet. Two people have been stabbed... Read More

Homicide investigation in Whakatāne

Police are continuing to investigate after the death of a man in Whakatāne on Sunday night. Initial indications suggest there was a gang-related disorder... Read More