Crime

Overhaul of police privacy practices recommended

Police accepted some but not all the findings from an independent inquiry that found systemic problems and some illegal practices in how they take, store and handle... Read More

Peaceful protest against home detention sentence

A friend of four girls who were raped when they were 15 is organising a 'peaceful protest” against the sentence the offender received of nine months home... Read More

Operation Cobalt: Police target Mongols gang

Police continue to target unlawful behaviour by members and associates of the Mongols Motorcycle Club under Operation Cobalt. This month, police have recovered... Read More

BOP armed robbery information appeal

A vehicle used in a gunpoint robbery at a Bay of Plenty ATM has been found. Police are still appealing for information about the Kawerau robbery, which happened... Read More

Impostor doctor pleads guilty to forging document

The man who worked as a doctor in South Auckland despite having no formal qualifications has pleaded guilty to forging a document to gain an unfair advantage. In... Read More

Mother‘s plea for help to find daughter’s attacker

A Tauranga mother is speaking out about what she calls an eerily similar experience between what happened to her daughter and a woman who was assaulted on Devonport... Read More

ATM robbery: Security truck robbed at gunpoint

Police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly robbed a security truck at gunpoint in the Bay of Plenty. The aggravated robbery of security staff refilling cash... Read More

Govt‘s new action to take down youth crime

Children under 14 caught doing ram raids will be given intensive support to steer them away from crime, towards study and work. The move is part of a $53 million... Read More

Gang trial: Witness quizzed on cross-country trips

A jury must decide whether the 'Wheelman” has been telling twisted tales of his travels, or if his account of delivering drugs, guns and money for the Mongols... Read More

Police identify body of missing man

A man who was reported missing earlier this week has been found dead. The 65-year-old man was reported missing in the Waitakaruru area. Police say he had been... Read More

Body found near Waikato highway

A body has been found near State Highway 25 in a Waikato town. Police say the body was found in Waitakaruru, near the Firth of Thames this morning. They say... Read More

Pleas for sightings of missing man

Police are appealing to the public to help find Christopher Morrison, who has been reported missing from the Waitakaruru area in Waikato. Morrison, 65, was last... Read More