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22 Jul 2025 5:03pm News:
Counties Manukau

Highbrook incident: Police issue update on earlier event

Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Hayward, Counties Manukau CIB: An earlier Police operation has been completed on a walkway near Highbrook. At around 11.30am, Police were advised of... More

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Media release - name release
22 Jul 2025 5:00pm News:
Southern

Name release: Boating fatality, Lake Manapouri

Police can now release the name of the person who was located deceased on a boat on Lake Manapouri on Sunday night (20 July). He was 60-year-old Richard Charles Murrell, from Invercargill. Our... More

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Media release - fatal crash
22 Jul 2025 3:49pm News:
Central

Fatal crash: SH1, Manakau

Police can confirm one person has died following a crash on State Highway 1, Manakau earlier today. Emergency services were called to the collision involving a car and a motorcycle, near Whakahoro... More

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Media release - name release
22 Jul 2025 3:14pm News:
Canterbury

Name release - Fatal crash, Ashburton

Police can now release the name of the man who died following a crash on Burnett Street, Ashburton on Saturday 5 July. He was Trevor Baker, 68, of Ashburton. Police extend sympathies to Trevor’s... More

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Media release - name release
22 Jul 2025 2:22pm News:
Waikato

Hamilton homicide investigation: Name release

Police are now in a position to name the victim of Sunday morning’s homicide in Hamilton. Twenty-year-old Tyreece Te Pairi, of Hamilton, died from injuries he sustained in an altercation on Alexandra... More

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Media release - Investigation update v3
22 Jul 2025 1:02pm News:
Eastern

Man charged with murder over cold-case killing of Hawke’s Bay father

Nearly seven years after 45-year-old father Eddie Peters was killed in Flaxmere, Police have charged a man with his murder. Detective Inspector Dave de Lange said Police arrested a 29-year-old... More

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Handcuffing 1
22 Jul 2025 10:45am News:
Auckland City

Man arrested following Avondale church arson

Police have charged a man with arson following a fire which tore through an Avondale church last week. Investigations had been underway following a fire at St Mary’s Church on Great North Road at... More

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Male wanted to identify, Mt Albert restaurant burglary
21 Jul 2025 8:04pm News:
Auckland City

Police appeal for information about Mt Albert restaurant burglary

Police are appealing for information about a burglary at a Mt Albert restaurant on 13 July. A tablet and cash with a combined value of $500 were taken from the New North Road business. Police are... More

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