Police believe a disgruntled ratepayer may be behind a bomb scare that saw Whakatāne District Council offices evacuated and closed for the afternoon on Friday. A... Read More

Police in Tauranga have been found justified in setting a police dog on a man who later needed surgery to his ear after being bitten, the Independent Police... Read More

Five new police patrol dog teams are fully trained up and ready to start shifts after graduating from the New Zealand Police Dog Training Centre at Trentham.... Read More

Warning: This story contains evidence of a sexual nature which some readers may find upsetting. A woman sobbed as her partner was convicted of repeated... Read More

A Bay of Plenty jeweller whose two stores have been targeted by thieves nine times in two-and-a-half years says he and his wife are 'just shells” now,... Read More

A person is in serious condition after a "family-harm related incident" in Tauranga. Police confirmed that they were called to a property in Judea on Sunday... Read More

WARNING: This story contains details of alleged sexual abuse and may distress some readers A man has been accused of sexually abusing five children aged... Read More

If it seems too good to be true then it probably is, Tauranga Police Inspector Zane Smith says. Working with Western Bay of Plenty Neighbourhood Support,... Read More

A new national Road Safety Hero has been crowned - and it's North Canterbury's Senior Constable Ken Terry. Ken was awarded the prestigious Annual Yellow Ribbon... Read More

After sniffing out close to $2 million in cash, kilograms of drugs and countless firearms and ammunition, detector dog champion Floyd is putting up his paws... Read More

Police have dealt a blow to Gisborne gangs after charging three senior patched members of the Mongrel Mob and one of the Mangu Kaha gang, says detective sergeant... Read More

A teenager has been charged with murder and will appear in the Dunedin Youth Court this morning following the death of a 16-year-old boy in Dunedin yesterday... Read More