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16 Jan 2023 1:24pm News:
Waikato

Person in custody following fleeing driver incident, Hamilton

One person has been taken into custody after a fleeing driver incident in Hamilton City. A vehicle failed to stop for Police on Forest Lake Road, Hamilton after a potential firearm sighting at 11.04am... More

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16 Jan 2023 11:20am News:
Eastern

Homicide investigation launched, Napier

Please attribute to Detective Inspector Martin James: Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man died in Napier yesterday afternoon (15 January). Police were called to a residential... More

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Media release - name release
16 Jan 2023 11:19am News:
Southern

Name release - Lake Wakatipu

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... More

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Media release - fatal crash
16 Jan 2023 10:15am News:
Southern

Final update - State Highway 8 (Twizel-Ōmarama Road) crash

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... More

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15 Jan 2023 10:30pm News:
Tasman

Fatality following water-related incident, Tāhunanui Beach, Nelson

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... More

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Dive 2
15 Jan 2023 5:59pm News:
Southern

Update – Body recovered following crash on State Highway 8 (Twizel-Ōmarama Road)

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... More

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Dive 1
15 Jan 2023 5:47pm News:
Southern

Update - State Highway 8 (Twizel-Ōmarama Road) crash

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... More

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