A senior police officer has expressed his disappointment at the high number of drivers found over the drink-drive limit in small rural communities on Saturday night (3 April).
From around ... More
Waikato Police are awaiting the results of forensic examinations and a post-mortem as they seek to identify a body found submerged in the Waikato River yesterday morning.
Police were called ... More
Police report a 7 percent increase in recorded crime on the West Coast in the 2009 calendar year. The resolution rate increased from 56.7 percent in 2008 to 57.1 percent in 2009, well above the ... More
Police report a 9 percent rise in recorded crime in Marlborough in the 2009 calendar year, up from 5,417 recorded offences in 2008 to 5,908 in 2009. The resolution rate has increased from 58.2 ... More
Police report a 7 percent increase in recorded crime in Nelson Bays in the 2009 calendar year, up from 9,030 recorded offences in 2008 to 9,648 in 2009. Over the same period the resolution rate ... More
Crime Statistics released today show that Waitematä District has experienced a 2.7 percent increase in recorded crime in 2009, compared to the previous year.
This equates to a 1.2 percent ... More