Crime

Shop & car windows smashed in quiet neighbourhood

A Tauranga retail shop has been left with the front window smashed following a burglary. The Cherrywood Lotto and Bookshop in Cherrywood Drive, Otumoetai was... Read More

Arrests following aggravated robberies & burglary

Rotorua and Taupō Area Police have arrested 12 young people in relation to three aggravated robberies and a ram-raid style burglary in the past week. About... Read More

Man charged following wilful damage offences

A man has been arrested and put before the courts following a string of offences in Paeroa earlier this month that left damage to several buildings and vehicles. Police... Read More

Home detention for tax evasion

A Bay of Plenty businessman has been sentenced to four-and-a-half months home detention on six tax evasion charges after his claim that his business was not covered... Read More

Cars doing burnouts block mum‘s dash to hospital

A Bay of Plenty mother says her daughter could have died when hundreds of cars in an illicit car meet blocked the roads to the hospital, preventing her from reaching... Read More

Police request footage of illegal street racing

Police are asking for information including CCTV or video following an arrest being made at an illegal street racing incident in Tauranga early Sunday morning. One... Read More

50kg of cocaine captured in Tauranga ship bust

Customs officers have seized 50kg of cocaine from a ship that docked in Tauranga on Friday morning. An inspection found the drugs on the freighter, which had... Read More

Revealed: NZ’s most stolen cars

The Toyota Aqua has taken the top spot from the Mazda Demio as the nation's most frequently stolen car, AMI can reveal. In 2022, the Aqua, also known as the Toyota... Read More

BNZ bank kidnapper told staff he had a bomb

The man who sparked an Armed Offenders stand-off at a Rotorua bank showed staff a remote control device and told them he could 'blow the building up”. 'I've... Read More

Joint investigation disrupts gang‘s operation

An illegal operation has been shut down by a joint investigation targeting logistics sector insiders allegedly working with the Killer Beez gang to import drugs... Read More

Armed police block Tauranga street

Armed police have blocked off a street in Hairini this morning. A SunLive reader has messaged us on Facebook to say Haukore Street in Hairini is blocked off. 'Police... Read More

Bank hold-up: Alleged offender named

The man facing charges after an Armed Offenders stand-off at a Rotorua branch of the BNZ bank can now be named as Rhys Hoffman. Hoffman appeared at Rotorua District... Read More