Emergency services were alerted to a fire at a home address on Swanson Road, Rānui at around 4.41am this morning.
Tragically, a resident of the home was found deceased inside.
At ... More
Attributable to Detective Sergeant Daniel Coomey:
Police are appealing for information following a firearms incident in New Plymouth in the early hours of Wednesday 11 December.
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Attributable to Detective Inspector Graham Pitkethley, Waikato District Criminal Investigations Manger:
Four men have been arrested in the Waikato following search warrants related to the ... More
Police are investigating a suspicious fire at Taylors Mistake last weekend.
The fire on Taylors Mistake Road was reported to Police around 12.50am on Sunday 15 December.
No injuries ... More
The person who died following a house fire in Hornby on December 11 was 53-year-old Corrina Angelique Smith, or Angie to her friends and family.
The scene exam has been completed but the ... More
Police are urging the public to utilise our online portal to upload CCTV, videos and photos that may assist us in our inquiries into the Naenae homicide. More
Police acknowledge and accept the findings by the Independent Police Conduct Authority which concluded police were justified in the fatal shooting of Darren Lyttle in April 2023.
The IPCA ... More
Police will be maintaining a visible presence in the Hutt Valley and Porirua areas today as they monitor the funeral of a prominent gang member.
The funeral for the victim of the homicide ... More
One person has died following a two vehicle crash involving a truck on State Highway 30, Rotoiti Forest, Rotorua District.
The crash was reported around 11:40am. One person was located ... More
Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Deegan:
Police are following positive lines of enquiry following a firearms incident in Takaro, Palmerston North late last week. ... More
Attribute to Detective Inspector Haley Ryan.
Police investigating a homicide in Naenae last week have a warrant to arrest 28-year-old Wipuhara Kapene, who is wanted for murder.
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A man will appear in court today after Police located a shotgun and drugs inside the vehicle he’d been driving in Auckland.
The incident occurred at a petrol station in Clover Park ... More
A young person has been arrested and charged in relation to two recent ram raids, after Levin Police executed a search warrant at an Otaki address on Friday morning.
The male, aged 17, is ... More
A previous release had the incorrect age of one of the people who died in a crash on SH5, Whakarewarewa on Monday 9 December.
Amelia Rose Frost, aged 26, not 20.
Police apologise for ... More
Police can now release the names of the four people who died in a crash on State Highway 5, Whakarewarewa on Monday 9 December.
Three people in one vehicle died, and their names were: ... More
At 7.45pm yesterday, Police were advised that a man had jumped off Pukete Bridge into the Waikato River, and could not be found after only briefly resurfacing.
Police and FENZ undertook an ... More
One person has died after a motorcycle crash on Morrison Road, Pukekawa overnight.
The crash was reported to emergency services at 5.35am today.
There do not appear to have been any ... More
Police can confirm that a child has died in a water-related incident at Avalon Park, Lower Hutt this evening.
Emergency services were called to Avalon Park at around 8.10pm after a child ... More
Police have arrested and charged a man in relation to a hit-and-run on Railside Avenue, Henderson overnight.
Officers have also located and seized the car believed to have been involved. ... More
Counties Manukau Police investigating an assault outside the Manukau Institute of Technology would like to identify and speak to the person pictured, who may be able to assist with enquiries. ... More
To be attributed to Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Leitch:
Police are investigating after shots were fired at a house on Coast Road, Wainuiomata early today.
Police ... More
Police are investigating after a person was critically injured in a hit and run incident overnight.
Emergency services were called to Railside Avenue, Henderson at around 12.25am today, ... More
Police are continuing to investigate the death of Sean Remnant, who died from injuries he received at a residential address in Kotuku Street, Elsdon on 1 December.
Sean's funeral took ... More
A 77-year-old man has been charged with murder and attempted murder, following an incident in Waiau, Thames yesterday.
He will appear in Hamilton District Court today.
A person ... More
One person has died following a crash on State Highway 5, Ngongotaha Valley overnight.
Emergency services were alerted to the crash between a car and a truck at 3am.
State Highway 5 ... More
Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Pete Middlemiss
Police searching for missing man Graham Russell Smith are asking residents and business owners in the Spicer Botanical Park and ... More
Attribute to Inspector Andrea McBeth
Police can advise one person has died following an incident in Waiau, Thames this afternoon.
Police were called to The 309 Road just after 2pm, ... More
Two men are due before the courts following two search warrants in Taumarunui.
On Thursday 12 December, Taumarunui Police executed two search warrants with assistance from staff from ... More
