Crime

Fleeing driver allegedly shoots at police

Armed police are continuing to look for a fleeing driver who allegedly fired at police overnight. A police spokesperson confirmed the incident, at around 9.20pm... Read More

Operation Presence targets BOP drivers

Police are cracking down on bad driving behaviour around the Bay of Plenty. As part of Operation Presence, officers ran a number of checkpoints across the Bay... Read More

Crime Prevention: Police working with retailers

Work has begun to include small retailers who have been the victim of aggravated robbery within the past 12 months as part of the expanded Retail Crime Prevention... Read More

Convicted man believes NZ is a communist state

When Graham Philip sat down with police to discuss offending that would later see him make legal history as the first person ever to be jailed for sabotage in... Read More

House bus chase drama ends in insanity ruling

WARNING: Some people find the details of this story distressing. A mentally unwell man who led police on a late night chase around Paeroa in his house bus - before... Read More

Police are steering towards a more electric future

Police are steering towards a more electric future, with a further roll-out of electric pool vehicles advancing the commitment to reduce the organisation's carbon... Read More

Police target sale of MDMA and cocaine in Taupō

Taupō Police are actively focusing on minimising the harm of MDMA and cocaine across its community and through its hospitality industry. Taupō and Turangi Area... Read More

Mental health check for alleged hostage taker

The man facing charges after an armed offenders stand-off at a Rotorua bank still cannot be named and will undergo a mental health assessment. The 35-year-old... Read More

Malachi‘s mother talks about losing her son

The mother of murdered five-year-old Malachi Subecz says 'there are no words” for the heartbreak she has been through since her son's death. 'Something... Read More

Damage sets BOP kiwifruit vines back three years

Bay of Plenty Police are currently investigating an incident in which 150 gold kiwifruit vines were cut at an orchard in Te Teko, sometime between October 24 and... Read More

Malachi Subecz: Parties react to Govt response

Te Pāti Māori has accused the government of being bereft of leadership and in a "state of paralysis" over its response to the murder of five-year-old Malachi... Read More

Police seize $10 million worth of cannabis

Police have seized millions of dollars' worth of cannabis plants and restrained a significant haul of assets as part of two major investigations by Police's... Read More