The names of two men killed in separate incidents in the Bay of Plenty can now be named by Police.
Eramyha Eruera Pairama, aged 19 from Whakatane died after being struck by a tree during ... More
A tramper has died this afternoon after falling down a bank and hitting his head in the Waioeka gorge area near Opotiki.
The 75-year-old man from Tauranga was one of a group of 11 trampers ... More
At approximately 4.25 this afternoon police were called to the area of Sisam Valley Road, Taneatua, near Whakatane.
A 19-year-old man from Whakatane was deceased at the scene. It appears at ... More
At approximately 2pm this afternoon the body of an Australian man who went missing yesterday during a swim in the Waikato River was located by the Police National Dive Team in the river close to ... More
The parents of a man missing in Taupo have arrived in New Zealand from Australia.
The man, who can now be confirmed as 21 years old, got in to trouble while he was swimming in the Waikato ... More
A search for a missing swimmer in Taupo will resume again tomorrow.
Police, the Harbourmaster and the Coastguard continued to search the Waikato River until light faded.
The Police ... More