17 Sep 2014 1:27pm News:
Eastern

Napier bomb scare over

Police have been stood down and workers allowed back into the Napier Public Library after a bomb scare this morning. Library staff alerted police this morning after a woman left a suitcase in the... More

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17 Sep 2014 12:19pm News:
Eastern

Napier library evacuated for bomb scare

The Napier Public Library has been evacuated this morning after a suspicious package was found in the central city building. Staff alerted police around 10.45am today after they noticed a suitcase had... More

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17 Sep 2014 12:03pm News:
Waitematā

Body found in Shea Terrace - North Shore

North Shore Police are currently at a squash club in Shea Terrace, where a man's body was found this morning. Police were notified by St John Ambulance at 8.35am that the man was deceased. At this... More

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17 Sep 2014 10:54am News:
Central

Operation leads to 16 arrests

Sixteen people were arrested yesterday (16 September, 2014) after the Palmerston North Police executed an operation to apprehend those on active warrants who were knowingly evading police. Operation... More

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16 Sep 2014 5:55pm News:
Canterbury

Name released after body found at Lake Lyndon

Police can confirm the body recovered from Lake Lyndon shortly before 3pm this afternoon has been formally identified as being 21 year old Bradley Richard Ivan STEMPA originally from Coalgate. The... More

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16 Sep 2014 5:42pm News:
Canterbury

Quad bike victim named

At approximately 1.15pm on Friday 12 September 2014 the rider of quad motorbike has fallen from his vehicle at Fairview, Timaru and suffered fatal injuries. He was Simon HALSEY aged 38 and was found... More

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16 Sep 2014 5:00pm News:
Counties Manukau

Murderer Sentenced

A 48 year old female from South Auckland was sentenced today at the Auckland High Court to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 15 years for the murder of Peter Lance Dixon. She was... More

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16 Sep 2014 3:24pm News:
Canterbury

Person missing on Lake Lyndon – update 2

Police are able to name the person who went missing at Lake Lyndon yesterday as 21 year old Bradley Richard Ivan STEMPA. Canterbury Police Search and Rescue and Police Divers from Wellington have been... More

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16 Sep 2014 2:01pm News:
Canterbury

Child restraints save lives

Canterbury Police have been working with Plunket and Baby on the Move to help Parents at 22 kindergartens and primary schools to ensure child restraints are safe and installed correctly. In a month... More

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16 Sep 2014 11:41am News:
Canterbury

Investigation into fatal house fire in Christchurch

Police and Fire investigators have completed the scene examination for Saturday’s fatal house fire. The scene examination and post-mortem indicate that Corey James MCLEAN was likely to have been... More

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