Operation Pike has now entered a recovery phase. This phase will be led by Inspector Mark Harrison. Superintendent Gary Knowles remains in charge of the overall operation. "The Police focus is on...
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Charges have today been laid following the death of a 69-year-old woman in a road crash in Otaki on Saturday, 30 October. Shelagh Cotter, from Te Horo, was killed when a blue Subaru Legacy...
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The Hercules with the Australian robot arrives today at Hokitika Airport at 7.45am today. Media please be advised that today's regular media briefings will be at 10am and 5pm at Greymouth Police...
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Two men and a woman arrested in Feilding following the discovery of drugs and cash have now been charged. A police operation culminated in a search warrant being executed at a residential address in...
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Specialist skills from throughout New Zealand and overseas are being used to help the rescue effort at the Peak River coal mine near Greymouth where 29 miners have been trapped since Friday night...
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The opening of a new community drop-in centre at the Salvation Army Citadel at 147 Tainui Street, will provide the people of Greymouth additional support, following the incident at the Pike River Coal...
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Two men and a woman are in custody in Feilding this morning as Police continue their efforts to disrupt the production and distribution of drugs; in particular methamphetamine. Police in Feilding have...
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Emergency services and welfare agencies working to rescue the miners from the Pike River Coal Mine have been overwhelmed with messages of goodwill from New Zealand and around the world. "We have been...
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Police overseeing a multi-agency rescue operation to locate 29 coal miners missing in a West Coast mine say a drilling operation to complete a bore-hole is progressing well but reports the hole has...
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A further four photos of men trapped underground at the Pike River coal mine, Greymouth, have been made available by their families. The latest photos are of Josh Ufer, Peter Rodger, Benjamin...
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