A group of residents who have been campaigning against wire median barriers on State Highway 2 in the Bay of Plenty claim a container truck was seen driving... Read More

The failure of a cot's structural integrity has been identified as the sole cause of a young baby's tragic death after he became trapped between the mattress... Read More

A doctor at the centre of an investigation involving workplace sex allegations denies any intimate activity took place there and says the prosecution has... Read More

A second 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder following the death of a man in Kawerau. The teenager is the third person arrested in relation... Read More

Warning: This story contains content some may find disturbing. A 13-year-old girl was brought to New Zealand and enslaved, with a paediatrician saying the... Read More

A Rotorua kōhanga reo has been targeted by burglars, with food, televisions, cutlery and Easter Eggs among the items stolen. Aukaha News reported Te... Read More

A woman who scammed Facebook Marketplace users has admitted taking hundreds of dollars off buyers before ghosting them and failing to hand over goods. Tania... Read More

The identity of a Tauranga man accused of stealing property from an ambulance and unlawfully possessing police property has been suppressed. The defendant... Read More

A man who struck and killed Karen and Geoffrey Boucher on a pedestrian crossing has been found guilty of manslaughter - meaning he can now be identified... Read More

Colombian Felipe Montoya-Ospina was one of several people in the syndicate convicted. Photo: UnSplash/ Matthew Ansley The Court of Appeal has upheld the 14-year... Read More

Warning: This story deals with details of sexual assault of a young person. A man who paid a 15-year-old, whom he'd met on Grindr, to have sex with him,... Read More

A man allegedly smashed windows at a Bay of Plenty police station with an officer inside this morning, sparking an armed police response. Kawerau area... Read More