Eagle 1
1 Nov 2023 9:03am News:
Canterbury

Police Training Exercises – Port Hills

Attributable to Acting District Commander Superintendent Lane Todd Christchurch locals are being urged not to get too excited at the sound of Police helicopter Eagle hovering overhead this week – it’s... More

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Police tape
31 Oct 2023 1:20pm News:
Southern

Fatality following fire, Andersons Bay, Dunedin

Police can confirm that a person has died following a fire at a residence on Highcliff Road, Andersons Bay. Emergency services responded to the report of a fire at around 9.20am. Sadly, one person has... More

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Have you seen Vardacie?
31 Oct 2023 11:56am News:
Auckland City

Have you seen Vardacie?

Police are appealing for the public’s help in locating 24-year-old Vardacie Hohepa. Hohepa is actively avoiding Police and we are asking for the community’s assistance in finding him. There is a... More

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Police radio on shoulder
31 Oct 2023 11:16am News:
Counties Manukau

Homicide investigation launched, man charged

Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Hayward, Counties Manukau CIB: A homicide investigation has been launched and a man has been charged in relation to the death of a woman earlier this... More

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Media release - name release
31 Oct 2023 11:15am News:
Waikato

Name release - fatal crash, Whatawhata

Police can now advise the name of the person that died following a crash on SH 23, Whatawhata on Sunday 29 October. He was 35-year-old Thomas Stanley Paurini Wahanga from Raglan. Our thoughts are with... More

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Media release - Update
31 Oct 2023 7:47am News:
Waikato

Arrest made following shooting, Taupiri

Police have arrested a 46-year-old man in relation to a shooting in Taupiri on Sunday 24 September. The man allegedly discharged a firearm into another vehicle, narrowly missing the occupants. He is... More

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One of the novels and cash recovered.
31 Oct 2023 7:45am TenOne Magazine

Book scam a real page turner

When an elderly man told a Gore Sergeant he'd hidden $20,000 in novels to courier to a 'detective', the race was on to beat a scam. More

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