About 11.30am last Friday 6 January, Tūhoe iwi kaimahi (workers) discovered a woman with a leg injury at the Panekire Hut on the Waikaremoana Track, Te Urewera during a routine maintenance visit ... More
Two Australian tourists avoided a cold and wet night on the shores of Lake Tarawera thanks to the rescue efforts of Police Search and Rescue, LandSAR and Coastguard.
The rescue effort came ... More
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
