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Dan Hutchinson 15/06/2026 Dan Hutchinson 15/06/2026

Youths arrested after vehicle thefts

Detective Sergeant Craig Dalton says is it is a huge amount for the small town.

Dan Hutchinson 15/05/2026 Dan Hutchinson 15/05/2026

Charges laid over alleged hit-and-run

A 22-year-old man is before the courts following an alleged hit-and-run collision between a motorcycle and a person on a pedestrian crossing in Taupō.

Dan Hutchinson 20/04/2026 Dan Hutchinson 20/04/2026

Man in custody over alleged serious sexual assaults

A 37-year-old man has been charged after allegations of serious sexual offending in Tūrangi on March 7.

Dan Hutchinson 18/04/2026 Dan Hutchinson 18/04/2026

Police focus on dangerous dirt-bike riders

Police have seized a dirt bike and arrested its rider following allegedly “dangerous and unlawful behaviour” on Taupō roads.

Dan Hutchinson 08/07/2025 Dan Hutchinson 08/07/2025

Former Hospice Shop manager sentenced

Former retail operations manager at Lake Taupō Hospice Trust, Mark Wisniewski, 64, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for his theft of just over $62,000 from the organisation between 2016 and 2024.

Dan Hutchinson 21/06/2025 Dan Hutchinson 21/06/2025

Man arrested after death in Tūrangi

Police have arrested a 27-year-old man in relation to the ongoing homicide investigation in Tūrangi.

Dan Hutchinson 09/04/2025 Dan Hutchinson 09/04/2025

Hospice employee admits $62k fraud

Former retail operations manager at Lake Taupō Hospice Trust, Mark Wisniewski, 64, has admitted a charge of causing loss by deception of over $1,000 from his former employers.