A swimmer has died at Piha Beach this afternoon. Police were notified just after 3.30pm, after a person had been caught in a rip and pulled from the water. Medical attention was administered, however...
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Please attribute to Major Operations Director Superintendent Kelly Ryan: Police are continuing to monitor movements connected to Hīkoi mō te Tiriti as it arrives in our largest city this evening...
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The search for missing 77-year-old Graham Russell Smith is continuing today. Four search teams have been deployed in the Porirua area to assist the search, including Land Search and Rescue teams. Last...
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Police can now advise that one person died in a crash on Rangiotu Road, Bainesse yesterday. Emergency services were called to the two vehicle crash at 5.30pm yesterday. One other person was critically...
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Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Peter Middlemiss Police are continuing the search for 77-year-old Graham Russell Smith, who has been missing since early yesterday evening. Workers in the...
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Police have opened an investigation after two firearms incidents in the Waikato region overnight. The first report was received just before 3am on Orchard West Road, Ngatea after a man reportedly...
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Please attribute to Detective Inspector Haley Ryan, Wellington District Field Crime Manager: The man critically injured in a fire that was deliberately lit at a Stokes Valley address during the early...
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Bay of Plenty Police are making enquiries after an incident yesterday where a road worker was threatened with a firearm. Police were called about 10.40am yesterday to SH1, near Atiamuri, after a...
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A burglar got more than a fright after being disturbed allegedly trying to break into a Cockle Bay property. He will be appearing in court today after quick thinking by a member of the public on...
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The Major Operations Centre is providing logistical, resource and communication support to all districts along the hīkoi route from Northland to Wellington.
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In relation to the previous release regarding arrests in Canterbury, the attached photo of one of the motorcycles impounded by Police is available for media use. ENDS
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The man involved in the vehicle incident in the Glenfield shopping mall carpark today has died. Two vehicles collided on level four of the carpark around 12:20pm. The area was cordoned off while...
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Police have arrested a 21-year-old Wellington man in relation to one of three fires at a block of flats in Stokes Valley. The man was arrested charged with arson on Thursday evening (8 November) and...
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Attribute to Inspector Will Loughrin, Area Commander Waikato West Te Kauwhata Police have executed two search warrants in relation to reports of forged bank notes reportedly being used around the...
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Police investigating a hit and run in Levin over the weekend have narrowed down the information they are requesting from the public. At around 5:10pm on Sunday 3 November, Police were notified that a...
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A rāhui has been placed on the Whanganui River between Sparrows Cliff and the river mouth after a man went missing in the river earlier today. Police were notified at about 2:25pm. Dive Squad are...
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Cordons have been stood down in Napier following an earlier incident in Greenmeadows. Schools that had been asked to keep students inside are now able to release them. Police will be remaining in the...
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Police are responding to a serious incident in Greenmeadows in Napier this afternoon. Officers were called to reports of disorder on Tait Drive around 2:15pm when it’s believed a weapon was seen...
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Police want to speak with a barefoot male seen riding a bicycle in the vicinity of a fire in Stokes Valley that left an 82-year-old man critically injured this week. Emergency services were called to...
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Attribute to Senior Sergeant Sam Gilpin Police are seeking witnesses to a crash in Ōtaki Beach yesterday that left a motorcyclist seriously injured. The crash involved a ute and motorcycle, and...
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Police can now release the name of the man who died following a motorcycle crash on Port Hutt Road, Chatham Island, on Saturday 2 November. He was Tenera George Goomes, 70, of Chatham Island. Police...
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Motorists intending to travel on State Highway 5 Ngongotaha to Rotorua this morning are advised to take the alternate route around the lake. A bitumen tanker has leaked on to the road, between...
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Attributable to Canterbury District Commander Superintendent Tony Hill: Three associates of the Mongols MC have been arrested today after a search warrant was executed at a Wainoni address this...
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Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Bolton, Auckland City Financial Crime Unit: Three suspected scammers have been arrested trying to leave New Zealand with a large quantity of cash from...
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Attribute to Senior Sergeant Andy Livingstone A review of thefts of metals from various commercial sites recently has raised concerns in regard to the safety risks this offending involves. Police have...
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Please attribute to Detective Inspector Callum McNeill, Waitematā CIB: Police have arrested a person overnight in relation to a fire at a mosque in New Lynn yesterday. A 19-year-old man is due to...
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One person has died following a crash on Fox Glacier Highway yesterday afternoon. Police were called to the single vehicle crash, involving a motorbike at about 2:15pm. Sadly the rider died at the...
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Police can now release the names of the two people who died following a crash on State Highway One near Marton on Tuesday 15 October. They were 65-year-old Peter John Neilson from Howick and 53-year...
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Police acknowledge the recent sentencing of Oliver Kiesanowski, who was convicted last month in the Christchurch District Court on charges relating to sextortion against 8 identified, and 9...
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Enquiries are continuing into a crash in Invercargill last month, and Police would like to speak to any witnesses. About 1:40am on Sunday 20 October, Police were called to a two-vehicle crash at the...
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