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EVIDENCE newsletter (Last Issue of 2025)

In this issue:
 
  • We commemorate a number of New Zealand Police Officers who were awarded Royal Honours for Bravery
  • From the Collection: a logbook from Operation Overdue
  • Meet the Museum team: Welcome to the team Jack and Jacqui
 
The team at the New Zealand Police Museum would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hou.
 
 
*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
 
If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz

 

EVIDENCE newsletter (First Issue of 2025)

In this issue:
 
  • We remember the events of 10 July 1985, the Rainbow Warrior bombing
  • From the Collection: spotlights items from the Hick’s Bay Stand Off in 1972
  • We introduce David Beattie who was working on a project for a Masters of Museum and Heritage Practise (MMHP)
  • Meet the Museum team: Welcome to the team Jenna
 
 
 
 
*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
 
If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz
 

EVIDENCE newsletter (Final Issue of 2024)

In this issue:
 
  • We remember Senior Sergeant Terence Mortensen with his story of bravery and selflessness
  • From the Collection: we look back to the 1981 Springbok Tour protests with a story of a police helmet that has made its way in to the Police Museum collection. 
  • Meet the Museum team: Welcome to the team Pamela
  • Public Programmes: The education team share a heartfelt story of how our education programmes help people understand the importance of fingerprints.
  • New Junior Detective Trail featuring some adorable photos of police dogs and puppies by Jane Dunn.
 
 
 
*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
 
If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz
 

EVIDENCE newsletter (Third Issue of 2024)

In this issue:
 
  • Our curator of collections, Jess Aitken, shares about the diploma course on law and collection management she attended early this year
  • From the Collection: Miniatures ranging from hats and medals to the architectural model of the Royal New Zealand Police College (RNZPC)
  • Meet the Museum team: Welcome to the team Hugo and Sarah-Margaret
  • Public Programmes: A successful Term 2 School Holidays
  • View from the front desk
  • In Case You Missed It: Celebrating National Volunteer Week
 
 
 
*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
 
If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz
 

EVIDENCE newsletter (Second Issue of 2024)

In this issue:

  • Rainbow Warrior: evidence that caused Alain Marfart and Dominique Prieur to change their pleas to guilty
  • Museum shares knowledge as part of the new twenty-week initial training programme with recruits.
  • Meet the Museum team: Welcome to the team Zina
  • Public Programmes: Outreach to Porirua schools and school holiday crime scene activity
  • View from the front desk
  • In Case You Missed It: Seven Sharp stories on 1988 Mitsubishi V300 and Alan Richards 60 years in New Zealand Police
     

Read the Second Issue 2024

 

*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.

If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz

 

EVIDENCE newsletter (First Issue of 2024)

In this issue:

  • Time travelling with Bob Loader
  • From the Collection: Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Blue
  • Meet the Museum team: Welcome to the team Owen
  • Public Programmes: Identical twins, not fingerprints & Ladies fun day out at the museum
  • View from the front desk
  • In Case You Missed It: 1988 Mitsubishi V300 Refurb Update

 

Read the First Issue 2024

 

*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz(link sends e-mail).

EVIDENCE newsletter (Third Issue of 2023)

In this issue:

  • A Sorrow That Is Too Great to Bear
  • From the Collection: Gear up, bark on!
  • Remembering David Roberts
  • Stitched in Solidarity
  • In Case You Missed It: National Volunteer Week, What a Mug

 

Read the Third Issue 2023

 

*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz(link sends e-mail).

EVIDENCE newsletter (Second Issue of 2023)

In this issue:

  • The Beginnings of Police Education in Schools
  • From the Collection: That’s a Wrap!
  • New Exhibitions: Drawing the Thin Blue Line
  • Public Programmes: Learning about fingerprints as a family, Riley’s Dream Day, Luca’s gift to Maddy and Best of Wellington 2023: Vote for us!
  • In Case You Missed It: New Zealand Police unveils new Škoda Dog Units – NZ Autocar
 
*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz.

EVIDENCE newsletter (First Issue of 2023)

In this issue:
 
  • Crude But Effective: Improvised firearms from the Museum Collection
  • Meet the Museum team: Madeleine Ross
  • Public Programmes: Term 1 School Holiday Programmes
 
 
 
*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz.

EVIDENCE newsletter (Final Issue of 2022)

In this issue:
 
  • The Opening of He Toa Taumata Rau
  • Exhibitions: 51
  • From the collection: Dolls on Patrol
  • Public Programmes: 2022 In Review
  • Shadow at the Museum
  • In Case You Missed It: A Tribute to Lesley Elliott
 
 
 
*EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz.