New Zealand Police

Please attribute the following to Detective Senior Sergeant Reece Durston: Waikato Police investigating a firearms incident overnight are seeking information from the public where a man was left with... More

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Baggage seized as part of the Operation Matata investigation

28 Nov 2025 12:56pm News:

National News

Operation Matata: Significant Police-Customs investigation unravels smuggling syndicate at air border

Police are laying nearly 200 criminal charges against gang associates, who are allegedly facilitators in a criminal syndicate smuggling illicit drugs aboard international flights. More

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Constable Casey Hales in action in the pool.

28 Nov 2025 12:55pm TenOne Magazine

Champion canoeist dives into policing

New Zealand Paddle Fern is making her mark as a police officer. More

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Proactive Release of Breath Screening Test issue information

Background to Alcohol Breath Testing

The Road Policing Investment Programme 2024–27 (RPIP) is the agreement between New Zealand Police, the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi and the Ministry of Transport, which sees Police carry out agreed land transport enforcement activities. It provides funding from the National Land Transport Fund to Police for those activities. The programme specifies several key road policing activities expected of Police which contribute to reducing deaths and serious injuries on our roads.