Police car in garage 1
13 Nov 2025 5:16pm News:
Waikato

Drugs, Cash and Firearms seized in Operation Leaf

Please attribute the following to Detective Inspector Matt Cranshaw, Field Crime Manager: Police have made 10 arrests and dismantled clan labs across the upper North Island following a series of... More

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Media release - fatal crash
13 Nov 2025 5:07pm News:
Canterbury

Fatal crash, Culverden

One person has died following a crash on Culverden Road/SH7, Culverden, Hurunui, this afternoon. The single-vehicle crash, where it appears a truck has struck a tree, was reported to Police around... More

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Media release - media advisory
13 Nov 2025 2:14pm News:
Auckland City

Media Advisory: Police graduation in Auckland tomorrow

Media are invited to attend the graduation ceremony of Recruit Wing 390 in Auckland tomorrow. The ceremony mark the recruits’ completion of their initial training course and attestation as Police... More

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Whiritoa - NZ Police
13 Nov 2025 2:03pm News:
Waikato

Watching a rescue turns dangerous for a member of the public

This morning two people visiting the Whiritoa blowhole got caught out by the big surf and incoming tide. Then a bystander nearby watching also got into trouble. Waikato police are urging anyone near... More

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Graduating constables toss their hats in the air.
13 Nov 2025 12:18pm News:
National News

Fifty-five new police for the frontline

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers, members of the police executive and wing patron Cameron Leslie MNZM congratulated the 55 graduating constables from Wing 389 this morning. Families and friends... More

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Media release - name release
13 Nov 2025 11:38am News:
Bay of Plenty

Name release: Fatal crash, Rotorua

Police can now release the name of the person who died in the two-vehicle crash on Te Ngae Road, Rotorua, on Thursday 6 November. She was Teleia Thompson, a 23-year-old from Rotorua. Police extend... More

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