Please attribute to Detective Inspector Craig Rawlinson:
A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of 51-year-old Mitchell Te Kani in Tauranga last year.
The ... More
Police can now name the man who died in a crash on State Highway 33 on Wednesday 21st December.
He was Fabian Takerei-Walker, aged 18, from Rotorua.
Police extend their sympathies to ... More
Police can now release the name of the motorcyclist who died in a crash on Ohiwa Beach Road, Ōpōtiki on Monday 2 January.
He was 17-year-old Tighe Ryan, of Rotorua.
Police extends ... More
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious head-on collision on State Highway 30, near Rotorua yesterday.
Two vehicles collided at about 4.45pm near, Hauparu Bay, at Lake Rotoiti. ... More
Attributable to Senior Sergeant Andy Livingstone:
Over the past 24-hours Taupō Police and Coastguard have responded to two swimmers in trouble on the Waikato River.
... More
Boaties using the water near Kinloch Beach, Taupō, are urged to take care after a vessel caught fire and sank this afternoon.
About 2.50pm, Police were notified of a boat on fire, some 300m ... More