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The pair accused of abducting and bashing a 32-year-old local man in the Kaimai Ranges plan to defend the allegations at trial.

News

Pair to fight kidnap charges

Rotorua police scoured Mamaku scrub for an injured driver after a burning Toyota Hilux was spotted by a passing logging truck driver.

News

Stolen ute discovered on fire

The police are going through a significant period of change with the recent introduction of the new mobility devices for all their frontline personnel. The devices that have been issued are iPhones and iPads.

Opinion

The 111 Files: New tools to make impact on crime

Taupo Mayor Rick Cooper says he's aghast, shattered and stunned at news the Taupo District Council is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office.

News

Update: SFO investigating Taupo District Council

A Rotorua man who wrote $13,000 worth of bounced cheques has been jailed for a year.

News

Man jailed after $13,000 cheque bouncing spree

Former Rotorua woman Louise Nicholas and police have worked together to develop a resource for victims of sexual assault.

News

Louise Nicholas and police work together for victims

Police and Louise Nicholas

Police and Louise Nicholas

A Rotorua 17-year-old used gang slogans as he sexually violated a teenage girl - treating her "like a piece of meat", a court has heard.

News

Jail for violating girl

Armed robbers who stole more than $10,000 from a Rotorua tavern blew most of it within 24 hours, a court has heard.

News

Robbers blow their loot

The Ministry of Fisheries' tough seizure laws could be replicated for stock rustling.

Rural

Call for tougher rulings for rural rustling

A Rotorua couple lied about their relationship to claim more than $60,000 in benefits, a court has heard.

News

Couple in $60k benefit fraud

A Rotorua carer stole more than $2000 from a pensioner who trusted her with her bank card, a court has heard.

News

Carer stole using pensioner's bank card

This bill is an important step forward in creating safer communities for our children and families.

Opinion

Todd McClay: Let's put the victims first

A Rotorua painter has admitted ripping off two more victims - months after being convicted of a similar scam.

News

Painter caught in another scam

A Taupo man charged with importing a hallucinogenic drug similar to LSD has been released on bail.

News

Bail granted to accused in drug case

A teenager who was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering retired Opotiki school teacher John Rowe has had her appeal dismissed.

News

Teen killer has appeal dismissed

Wendy Coker is hoping the thief who stole her handbag will return a precious memory of her late granddaughter depicted on a credit card kept inside her wallet.

News

Stolen card a family treasure

Seven Rotorua benefit fraudsters have been prosecuted in the last six months with wrongful payments amounting to nearly half a million dollars.

News

Seven benefit fraudsters prosecuted

This week's Newsmaker is Sergeant Pauline Jones of the Rotorua police, who has been involved in attending several crashes this week.

News

Newsmaker: Pauline Jones

Cyber criminals are seeing mobile devices as easy targets.

Opinion

Editorial: Beware the dangers of cybercrime

There were tense scenes inside and outside court when a Rotorua man accused of kidnapping a woman made his first appearance.

News

Kidnap accused in court

A Taupo man charged with importing a hallucinogenic drug similar to LSD has appeared in court.

News

Taupo man on drug charge

Police are yet to get that important piece of information that will help lead them to the arrest of a man who who has been lurking around school children in Rotorua.

Opinion

Editorial: City on lookout for van

Family of a Rotorua mother kidnapped and then dragged behind a car have gathered at Waikato Hospital where she is in intensive care with injuries to much of her body.

News

Rotorua arrest in kidnap case

A Rotorua family hopes the local community can help them find their stolen bike.

News

Family calls for return of bike used to get to work

There can be few things more shattering for families than for one of their kin to take his or her own life.

Opinion

Garth George: We've devalued sancitity of human life

Police investigating the historic disappearance of Mona Blades say they'll be following reports of an abandoned vehicle spotted by a hunter in the Rangitaiki Forest near Taupo.

News

Development in historic Blades case

Rotorua MP Todd McClay's bill to ban gang insignia from Government premises has been amended to include every school in New Zealand.

News

Gang patch ban plan extends to all schools

Rotorua beneficiaries advocate Paul Blair has been sentenced on cannabis charges - but will not carry out the community detention until his latest appeal has been heard.

News

Rotorua lawyer defiant over drugs charges

I'm a strong believer in the saying, the punishment should fit the crime.

Opinion

Editorial: Butler must pay for crime

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