Tag: crime

In efforts to clamp down on crime, the thin blue line is likely to become thicker on the streets of east Auckland. Although local police...

While locals wait for a verdict regarding an alleged assault on a bus in Pakuranga (as reported in the Times), Auckland Transport (AT) confirms...

New signs will help ensure motorists brake rather than break the law, Pakuranga MP and Minister of Transport Simeon Brown expects. “The roll-out of speed...

A hot-fingered thief may have been stopped in his tracks thanks to the long arm of the law. Now cooling his heels in police custody,...

Ram-raiders are not being given a free ride, recent statistics suggest. Police figures reveal that, while aggravated robberies remain a threat, the number of ram-raids...

A hot shower might be the perfect way to beat the winter blues but east Aucklanders best keep a keen eye on our pipes...

While many of us may be gazing up at the Matariki stars, police are keeping a keen eye out on our roads. “Police are utilising...

A man could pay dearly for playing possum this morning. Emergency services were called shortly before 8am in response to reports of an injured man...

By Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga Recently, there have been a lot of reports both locally and nationally about increasing rates of crime, with...

By Jim Birchall A brazen daylight robbery, the second similar incident in the past month, occurred at Meadowlands on Saturday, November 9. According to a witness...

Community safety has improved a lot over the years, mostly as a testament to the professionalism of our local police, but also to the...

The good news is robberies in the area are down 11 per cent over the past 12 months. The bad news is thefts from vehicles, particularly those...

Police are investigating an aggravated robbery of a local jewellery store. The jewellery store on Whitford Road in Sommerville was robbed at knife-point Tuesday July...

The man who killed mother-of-two Chozyn Koroheke, 22, in Pakuranga last year has been jailed for life. Turiarangi Tai appeared in the High Court at...

Police are praising the quick thinking of a man who intervened in what witnesses say was an attempted carjacking. On Wednesday June 13, a man...

Members of a local family are devastated after the ashes of their loved ones were stolen from the Paparoa Cemetery. A local woman Olivia Mitchell...

Turiarangi Tai has been found guilty of the murder of 22-year-old Chozyn Koroheke. Ms Koroheke died from her injuries after being shot once in the...

UPDATED 3.46PM The jury in the trial of the man accused of killing a young Pakuranga mother of two last April has retired for deliberations. In...

The cross-examination of the man accused of killing a young Pakuranga mother has continued in the High Court at Auckland today. Mother of two Chozyn...

The man who shot Pakuranga mother of two Chozyn Koroheke has admitted he could at least be guilty of manslaughter. Turiarangi Tai is on trial...

Police are on the hunt for suspects following an attempted break in at Pakuranga Plaza early this morning. Police received reports of the incident at...

The Vodafone store on Tuesday morning.  Times photo Kelly Teed Vodafone in Botany Town Centre was struck by vandals early Tuesday morning. Glass was visibly shattered and...

A Flat Bush man will appear in court next month on a charge of murder. Detective Inspector Gary Lendrum, Counties Manukau CIB, said Counties Manukau...

A woman has been assaulted in her Dannemora home after she walked in on a burglar. The victim, who wishes only to be known as...

A Howick resident is warning others to be on the lookout after she encountered an art scammer knocking on doors in the area. Early...

Hard hitting visual evidence on camera could soon become the way of recording crimes of domestic harm on video for the Police In a pilot...

Hypnotising the vulnerable and robbing them of their money and valuables is a new scam that has been recently reported in the area. Police said...

Police are investigating the robbery of a service station on Pakuranga Rd between Cascades Rd and Bells Rd early Monday morning. The police were called...

The search is on to find the person responsible for shooting a cat with a slug gun in Beachlands last weekend. A givealittle page has...

A Pakuranga local is being hailed a hero for his quick thinking following the Gossamer Liquor store theft. Robert Walters arrived at the store on...

You may have found Ormiston Police Station unusually quiet yesterday. Instead, you would have seen more police, from frontline officers to the area commander, out...

Police minister Paula Bennett has announced that $1.8 million will be made available for robbery prevention at dairies, superettes and small local businesses. Businesses assessed...

The man charged with the murder of 22-year-old Chozyn Koroheke can now be named. Turiarangi Tai, 22, appeared in the High Court at Auckland this...

The mother of the man wanted by police after the death of 22-year-old Chozyn Koroheke is urging him to hand himself in. Ms Koroheke, a...