Whitianga residents have described hearing two explosions, one after the other, early today on the waterfront. Police are investigating after three vehicles... Read More

A person is due to appear in court in the coming days on charges of assaulting police, driving without a licence, and failing to stop for Police. The person... Read More

-Stalking is persistent and unwanted attention from someone that makes you feel intruded upon and harassed. -It is not a single one-off incident and can include... Read More

Counties Manukau, Waikato and Bay of Plenty have reported the most assaults on police officers compared to other regions. Police health and safety data... Read More

Three men are due to reappear before the court in the coming weeks on drug and firearm related charges following several Central North Island search warrants. Ruapehu... Read More

A woman who was worried about what her ex-partner might do after he allegedly turned up at her home late at night, shouting and calling her a b****,... Read More

Observant neighbours have helped police in tracking two incidents of theft following unlawful interference in Tauranga on Sunday night and an unlawful taking... Read More

A judge has lambasted a young man who punched his pregnant partner in a scuffle outside their house, labelling him a 'coward”. 'He bashed up... Read More

A teen involved in a smash-and-grab robbery of a Michael Hill Jewellers store has been given a "crushing" sentence, with the judge saying this kind of offending... Read More

It's been nearly 18 years since 66-year-old Tokoroa school teacher Lois Dear was suffocated to death in her classroom on a Sunday morning. Her killer,... Read More

'All hell broke loose” in a car the night a Bay of Plenty man was struck down twice - now a jury has the job of deciding whether the driver and front... Read More

A woman who killed her seven-month-old son in an alcohol-fuelled crash and has previously been described as one of New Zealand's worst recidivist drink-drivers... Read More