Police can now name the man who died at Lake Wakatipu on 13 January. He was Linkin Kisling, aged 48, from Wānaka. Our thoughts are with his whānau and loved ones. A rāhui is in place on an area that...
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After undertaking enquiries overnight, Police are satisfied that there was only one occupant in the car which crashed off Ōhau B Canal Bridge yesterday. The driver of the car, a 29-year-old man, was...
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Police can confirm that a 43-year-old man has died at Tāhunanui Beach this evening. Emergency services responded to a report of a person unresponsive in the water, shortly before 8pm. Attempts were...
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A body has been recovered in the water near Ōhau B Canal Bridge on State Highway 8 (Twizel-Ōmarama Road), where a car crashed this morning. While formal identification is yet to be completed, the...
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Police National Dive Squad have searched a car located in the water beneath the Ōhau B Canal Bridge on State Highway 8 (Twizel-Ōmarama Road), where a car was reported to have crashed this morning...
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Police have been advised by Coastguard that a car has potentially been located in the waterway below Ōhau B Canal Bridge, following a crash earlier today. The Police National Dive Squad is scheduled...
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One lane of State Highway 8 (Twizel-Ōmarama Road) remains open while a search continues for a car reported to have crashed off the Ōhau B Canal Bridge this morning. However there will be temporary...
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A search is ongoing for a car reported to have crashed off the Ōhau B Canal Bridge this morning. The crash was reported to Police at 6.50am today. An extensive search is under way to locate the car...
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Emergency services are responding to reports of a crash on State Highway 8 (Twizel-Ōmarama Road). Initial information suggests that a car has collided with a bridge barrier and fallen into a body of...
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