An intersection punch up has earned one man a supervision and community work. Rewi James Peke, 24, was working the night shift at

A dog whose owner died last year was mysteriously found sitting in the back seat of a woman's car with a window smashed but nothing stolen.

A supervisory sentence has been imposed to help a man's drinking issues after he chased someone to their house and tried to break

A man was caught in the process of pushing a stolen car down a driveway and trying to start it, a court has been told. Jacob Matthew

"Oh, whatever," a man said when police questioned him about a threatening voicemail message he left someone. Carlos John Michael

An off-duty police officer grocery shopping with his children was "not so tough" without his uniform on, reckoned an offender.

A man who illegally hunted a stag was told he could hunt on a property in that area, but not that one, his lawyer says. "My instructions

A man who was "literally taken for a ride" on a burglary trip has been sentenced to prison. Dean Eaton was with a group of people

A man will appear in court this week after allegedly rolling his car onto its roof while over the drink driving limit. A police spokesman

Four people were arrested and charged with drug offences following search warrants this week. Police carried out six searches in

A woman managed to trick a supermarket self-service checkout machine to recognise a $20 meat pack as 89 cents worth of onions.

Police have accepted a woman who published sexual abuse victims' names on Facebook did not know there was a suppression order. Nicola

A blazing wheelie bin, exploding spaghetti, and a hunt for the culprit through the dark streets of Whanganui made for an eventful

It was a "slight error of judgement" when Phillip James Shand picked up an air rifle and fired it at his neighbour's house. That

Young people have been out at "ungodly hours" playing Pokémon Go, Whanganui Police say. Senior Sergeant Andrew McDonald said police

A man who tried to use Old Testament bible verses to justify sexually abusing a teenager has been found guilty of his crimes.

A story a Whanganui teenager wrote about being sexually abused was nothing but a piece of fiction, a defence lawyer says. The girl

Alleged sex offender Wytse De Vries would pray with the complainant when she went to bed, then return later in the night to indecently

A man who received stolen tools worth more than $1600 tried to sell them at Cash Converters for $150. Brad Haig Freddrick Johnston

An man who allegedly assaulted an ungrateful drunk appeared in court on Tuesday. Peter George Flesher at a property on July 16, where

Dragging his partner by the hair and banging her face against a wooden pole has earned a man a community work sentence. Shane Manson

If she sewed her pyjama buttons together, a rural Whanganui teenager hoped Wytse De Vries wouldn't come into her bedroom at night

NO SUPPRESSION ORDERS A victim who received a roll of tape instead of the shearing tool he paid $700 for will be paid back. Gregory

A man who allegedly rammed a stolen car into a police vehicle - injuring the officer inside - before running off, has been found by police.

A Levin woman has been sentenced to 120 hours community work for allowing a horse to slowly starve to death.

Two men have been arrested after being caught with 65 stolen beehives, prompting a call for public vigilance.

A man has had his prison sentence extended after telling a police officer a protection order wouldn't protect the victim if he got

A woman has been accused of obtaining $45,060 by deception. Vicky Anne Frith, a 48-year-old caregiver, appeared in the Whanganui

An "absolute blind drunk" woman who kicked a police officer in the leg appeared in the Whanganui District Court on Tuesday. Gina

Michael William Pomana's victim hid in the toilet as Pomana stood outside his lounge window with a baseball bat, yelling for him to