Bay of Plenty Court

Bay of Plenty — Western Bay of Plenty CIB are asking for public assistance in locating Rastaman Angus Rapatini.

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Tauranga — A liquid waste removal company has been fined $35,000 in the District Court at Tauranga after pleading guilty to three offences under the Resource Management Act 1991.

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Tauranga — The Master and Second Officer of the cargo vessel Rena today pleaded guilty to 10 out of the 11 charges laid by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) against the men following an investigation into the ship's grounding on the Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga on 5 October.

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Whakatane — Eastern Bay of Plenty Police have charged a 42 year old Eastern Bay of Plenty man with Dangerous Driving Causing Injury to 16 students following the school bus crash at Ruatoki last September.

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Tauranga — A Mitsubishi Chariot vehicle driven by a 23 year old man was tracked down by Police after it was located in the early hours of the morning on the 8th of February 2012 in a Tauranga Suburb.

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Tauranga — At about 3am on the 27th November 2011 Tauranga Police responded to a call for assistance from a member of the public who was at a local bar known as De Bier House, situated on The Strand, Tauranga.

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Tauranga — Further charges have been laid by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) against the Master and Second Officer of the Rena, following the ship’s grounding on Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga on 5 October.

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Rotorua — New indictments have been laid against 32 year old Kara Hurring in relation to the theft of $6,782,000 from Westpac bank in April 2009.

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Rotorua — Mark Hotchin welcomes the lifting of the suppression orders at the Rotorua District Court in respect to the Serious Fraud Office’s prosecution in 2004 of William and Margaret Papple and Tina West.

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Tauranga — Inspector Karl Wright-St Clair, the Acting Area Commander for Western Bay Police, says he has now had the opportunity to review the incident that led to the arrest of a prominent New Zealand musician in a Tauranga bar in the early hours of Sunday morning, 10 April.

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Te Puke — A 20 year old man has been charged with Careless Driving Causing Injury after a serious head on crash on State Highway 2, Te Puke, at 4:55am on Wednesday 22 December.

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Tauranga — The names of two people accused of being a party to grievous bodily harm on Raymond Piper can now be released.

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Tokoroa — Poor relations between dairy farm owners and sharemilkers cannot be any sort of excuse for breaking effluent management rules, says an Environment judge.

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Tauranga — A Tauranga based couple specialising in homoeopathic remedies have pleaded guilty to 19 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act for making misleading representations about their qualifications and their ability to provide cures or prevent diseases.

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Rotorua — The jury in the Nia Glassie murder trial has returned its verdicts.

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Whakatane — The High Court has ruled against the Crown in the Army Hall case.

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Whakatane — “The jury’s verdict today reflects that these officers were performing a difficult and often dangerous job,” Police Association President Greg O’Connor said today.

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Tauranga — The jury in the Tauranga District Court trial of four Whakatane police officers charged with assaulting a man in police custody has returned a verdict of not guilty on all charges.

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Tauranga — The $20,000 sentence handed down to a Kiwifruit orchardist after a worker broke both legs should highlight to the horticulture industry that they should not allow employees to ride on trailers, the Department of Labour says. 

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Tauranga — The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is pleased with the conviction handed down today in the Tauranga District Court to a Katikati company for the illegal importation of sowing seeds.

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Tauranga — A woman police regard as one of New Zealand's worst repeat drink-driving offenders was sent back to jail today for her 11th such offence in as many years.

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Whakatane — The High Court has dismissed an application by Environment Bay of Plenty (EBOP) to adjourn the hearing of the judicial review of the Regional Council’s decision to relocate head office from Whakatane to Tauranga.

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