Crime

Tauranga serious assault: Youth charged with GBH

A youth has been arrested following the alleged serious assault of a Bayfair Shopping Centre employee. Police were called to reports of an assault at the shopping... Read More

Police cordons reported on Fraser Street

Reports are coming in of police cordons on Fraser Street this morning. A SunLive reader has emailed saying police have blocked off Fraser Street, between Merivale... Read More

Police investigating Otumoetai stabbing

A man is recovering after being stabbed in the arm in Otumoetai. Police were called about 8.30am on Sunday to the Cherrywood shops following reports of a man... Read More

Tauranga homicide: Family urge co-operation

When Mitchell Te Kani was a young boy playing on the grounds outside his primary school, he could never have foreseen Sunday's tragic image of all his whānau... Read More

Two arrested after shots fired in Mount Maunganui

Police have arrested two men in relation to a serious assault that took place in Mount Maunganui on Saturday afternoon. Police were at the scene of the serious... Read More

Tauranga Police investigate serious assault

Tauranga Police are investigating after a Bayfair Shopping Centre employee was the victim of a serious assault on Saturday. 'The man was going for a walk during... Read More

Homicide investigation launches in Tauranga

A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found dead at a Tauranga property just after 10.30pm on Saturday night. Police were initially called to a... Read More

Serious assault takes place in Mount Maunganui

A serious assault has taken place in Mount Maunganui on Saturday afternoon. Police report that they are at the scene of a serious assault at an address on Maunganui... Read More

Youth crime: By-election candidates weigh-in

With youth crime becoming a growing concern across the country, the Tauranga by-election candidates are weighing in their thoughts on how the issue can best be... Read More

Mum jailed for life for toddler‘s murder

WARNING: This story contains details of child abuse which readers may find distressing. By the time the 18-month-old died, murdered by her own mother, she had... Read More

Fatal stabbing: Rage, not self-defence, says judge

Moments after a car speeding towards Wilson Wirihana​ pinned his partner, he stabbed the driver in the throat. Wirihana had already been struck with a shovel... Read More

Malachi Subecz murder: departments under review

Children's Minister Kelvin Davis expects a review of all Government departments which could have intervened before the murder of five-year-old Malachi Subecz. But... Read More