Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man in Kawerau yesterday. Emergency services were called to the Onslow Street property around 8:45am yesterday, after a man was...
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Police can advise the Pahurehure man subject of a missing persons appeal on Wednesday has been located. The 30-year-old is safe. Police thank the community for sharing our previous appeal. ENDS Jarred...
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Police are now releasing the name of a boy who died in Te Kamo on Sunday. He was three-year-old Reign Puriri. The young boy died tragically at a Church Road address after an incident with a moving...
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A 66-year-old woman from Germany has died in hospital following a crash on Courtenay Place on Monday night (24 February). The woman was a pedestrian and was hit by a vehicle as she crossed the street...
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A bone located in the Otira area last year has been identified as belonging to a person who is believed to have gone missing in 2020. On 18 January 2024, a member of the public contacted Police after...
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Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Karen Simmons, Canterbury Metro Police: Police acknowledge the lifting of name suppression for Rowan Maxwell Donoghue, 68-years-old, who is due to appear in...
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Police are reviewing new information about the 26-year-old murder of David John Robinson after canvassing the small West Coast settlement of Kakapotahi. Detective Inspector Geoff Baber says after re...
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Police can confirm one person has died following a single-vehicle crash near Pahiatua this afternoon. Emergency services were alerted to the crash on Pahiatua-Mangahao Road, between Ridge Road North...
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Four people are before the courts after separate burglaries in Waihi and Waihi Beach areas. The offending occurred between 23 January and 5 February. A 31-year-old woman and 40-year-old man, both of...
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Seven people were arrested at a protest at Lake Rotokākahi last night, after refusing to leave a worksite related to a Rotorua Lakes Council project.
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Police invites media to the re-opening of the Waitematā East Custody Unit on Tuesday 25 February. The Custody Unit will be based at the North Shore Policing Centre. Minister of Police Mark Mitchell...
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One person has died after a single-vehicle crash on Spur Road, Hadlow, in the Timaru District. The crash was discovered about midday today and is thought to have occurred overnight. The Serious Crash...
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A person died after a quad bike crash on Tarata Road, Purangi yesterday afternoon. Police were advised at 2.30pm that a quad bike had rolled on the road, adjacent to paddocks. The person was...
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The Christchurch event was well managed and organised. Police assisted event security with fence jumpers, minor disorder and assaults, and evictions due to intoxication.
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Attribute to Detective Sergeant Matt Bartlett: A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged in relation to a stabbing in Birkenhead on 4 February. The man was arrested during a search warrant at a...
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Police are asking for anyone in the area of Makokomiko Road, Hikumutu, to keep an eye out for missing man Geoffrey Kelly. Geoffrey’s car was located about 10.30am yesterday (Friday) morning in a ditch...
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Attribute to Detective Inspector Daryl Smith A homicide investigation has been launched following the death of a man in Rotongaro overnight. Police were called to Hetherington Road at about 10:40pm...
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Police are investigating after four suspicious fires at churches in Masterton early today. Emergency services were called to the fires from around 4.25am. Police have undertaken checks at other...
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Attributable to Southern District Crime Manager Detective Inspector Shona Low Two people have been arrested today, after Southern District Police and New Zealand Customs executed a joint operation...
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Please attribute to Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Wilson: Police investigating the death of a man found deceased on Hokio Beach yesterday morning are asking for anyone in the area at the time...
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Aiden Sagala sat down for a beer after a hard day’s work nearly two years ago. No one could have imagined the horrific series of events that would follow for Aiden and his family. Twenty-one-year-old...
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Attributable to Acting Inspector Shannon Clifford Police had a large presence in the Te Puke area today, monitoring a tangi for the father of a prominent gang member. Police took a prevention approach...
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Police have arrested and charged a man in relation to the serious assault in Miramar last weekend. Emergency services were called about 4.55pm on Saturday 15 February to Miramar Ave, after a man had...
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Police hope the public can help the investigation into a fatal vehicle fire in Puketaha early on Wednesday 19 February. We would like to speak to any witnesses to a vehicle collision on Holland Road...
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Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Karen Simmons Police want everybody attending Electric Avenue to have a good time, but ensure they are safe too. There will be a Police and Security Team...
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The Police Media Centre will close at 3pm on Saturday 22 February due to staffing constraints. After 3pm, information on any significant public safety issues will be released proactively. The centre...
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