Media release - Investigation update v1
21 Apr 2026 8:28pm News:
Central

Update: Rangataua house fire and fatal crash

Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Varnia Allan, Whanganui Response Officer in Charge: Whanganui Police have launched a homicide investigation after a person was found deceased following a house... More

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21 Apr 2026 4:49pm News:
Northland

Group lands in safe pair of hands following rescue

A group’s fishing trip ended in the cold and dark, but fortunately a rescue effort meant it wasn’t a tragedy. Four people had set out to fish off the rocks at Piapia Bay in the Far North on Monday... More

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Media release - Update
21 Apr 2026 4:45pm News:
Wellington

Update 3: Search for Karori man

Attribute to Wellington District Prevention Manager, Inspector Fleur de Bes: Extensive planning has been underway today in the search for missing Karori man Philip Sutton. While Police did visit the... More

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Media release - Appeal for information
21 Apr 2026 3:08pm News:
Counties Manukau

Information sought after goats shot in Pōkeno

Police are appealing for information following a distressing incident at a Pōkeno property last week. Investigations are continuing after 18 pet goats were shot dead on a property on Ridge Road... More

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Police car light bay at daytime
21 Apr 2026 2:24pm News:
Waitematā

Find three, get another one free

A trio of supermarket shoplifters were arrested in Takapuna yesterday, bagging an unrelated thief at the same time. At around 4.50pm, Waitematā Police received a report of a group stealing from a... More

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Media release - name release
21 Apr 2026 12:38pm News:
Eastern

Name release: Fatal crash, Tennyson Street, Napier

Police can now name the woman who died after being struck by a bus in Tennyson Street, Napier on 17 April. She was Olawande Perpetual Braimoh, aged 36. Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones... More

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Handcuffing 1
21 Apr 2026 11:04am News:
Southern

Police nab alleged fuel thief in Southland

Police in Invercargill have arrested a local man after 855 litres of petrol was stolen from a contractor’s yard over the past month. More

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21 Apr 2026 10:33am News:
Northland

Snapped: Burglar busted on camera

A man caught rummaging through a Whangārei construction yard will face court today. Just before 11pm on Monday, security monitoring the yard off Okara Drive contacted Police. Whangārei Area Response... More

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