Police tape
7 Jan 2020 4:03pm News:
Bay of Plenty

Water incident, Whakatane

One person has died following a water-related incident at Whakatane Heads. Emergency services were advised shortly after 2pm that a person had been pulled from the water in a critical condition... More

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Checkpoint - night 1
7 Jan 2020 1:26pm News:
Tasman

Thousands tested during Tasman road policing operation

Please attribute to Senior Sergeant Grant Andrews, Team Leader - Road Policing, Tasman: More than 8,000 drivers around Nelson were stopped and breath-tested by Police last weekend in a large scale... More

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Cannabis 2
7 Jan 2020 12:40pm News:
Central

Major cannabis operation discovered in Feilding

Manawatu Police discovered a large-scale commercial cannabis growing operation while attending a firearms incident at a rural Feilding property on Thursday 2 January. Police searched the property the... More

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7 Jan 2020 9:29am News:
Waikato

Update: Waihi Beach death

Please attribute to Detective Sergeant Andrew Saunders: Police continue to investigate the circumstances leading up to the death of 56-year-old Derrick Hann in Waihi Beach on New Year’s Day. While the... More

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Pair rescued from the Motueka River on Sunday
6 Jan 2020 4:49pm News:
Tasman

Close call for Nelson locals in kayaking incident

Members of a local Nelson family had a very close call when they went kayaking down a section of the Motueka River near Ngatamoti on Sunday afternoon. It was the first time they had been on the river... More

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