3 Sep 2025

Dirt bike rider admits dangerous, 'anti-social' road use

11:48 am on 3 September 2025
Motorcyclist on the road - Racing motorbike stops at traffic lights

Rotorua police investigated illegal motorbike riders. (File photo). Photo: 123RF

One person has pleaded guilty to driving in a dangerous manner after Rotorua Police investigated illegal motorbike riders.

Rotorua Road Policing Coordinator Senior Sergeant John Stapleford said police received reports of a man riding a trail bike dangerously through Rotorua suburbs.

Stapleford said the anti-social road user was identified through CCTV footage and arrested in Fordlands on 29 August, and had now been granted bail after pleading guilty to the charge.

The 20-year-old man was due to re-appear in the Rotorua District Court on 31 October 2025.

"Anti-social road users disrupt the peace of the community, cause damage to roads and are dangerous to all traffic," Stapleford said.

"Police want to stop dangerous behaviour on and off streets."

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