A homicide investigation has been launched by police after a man was found dead in Whakatane today. The 36-year-old, named Hawea Ralph Drummond Vercoe, was found outside a bar at around 2.30am this morning. Vercoe is a representative on Environment Bay of Plenty and the Rotorua District Council's… More
10:41AM Sunday November 22, 2009
The agonisingly drawn-out melodrama that is the trial of the American student Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend… More
4:00AM Sunday November 22, 2009
As teenager is facing up to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to helping a close friend take his own life. The… More
4:00AM Sunday November 22, 2009
Upset staff were ordered to stay inside the emergency department of Tauranga Hospital yesterday when a gun-wielding… More
One of the country's youngest rapists - who at 14 was tutored in stalking and raping - will be freed next month. Corrections… More
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