Police can now release the name of the man who was killed in a single-vehicle crash discovered on Seadown Road in the Timaru District on 22 December. He was 66-year-old Gary Kenneth Penman of Timaru...
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Two men stranded on a drifting jetski “did everything right”, but Police say their rescue is an important reminder to boaties about taking essential safety precautions on the water. About 1pm on 7...
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One person has died following a crash on State Highway 50, Korokipo Road this morning. Police were called to the single vehicle crash southwest of Waiohiki at around 2:20am. The road was closed while...
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Please attribute to Waitematā East Area Commander, Inspector Mike Rickards: Police have arrested four individuals following a shoplifting incident at a liquor store in Sunnynook on Auckland’s North...
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Police are thanking diligent retail staff who led Police to an alleged shoplifter smuggling stolen items in Henderson. The 47-year-old woman is now facing charges of theft, obtains by deception, and...
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One person has died following a crash in Kumeroa this afternoon. Police were called to the two-vehicle crash involving motorcycles, at the intersection of Gaisford and Oringi roads just before 2:30pm...
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Police located and seized 820 litres of gamma butyrolactone (GBL) from a storage container after being alerted by members of the public to suspicious behaviour.
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Police can now release the name of the man who was found deceased on the beach near Thames Coast Road, Kereta on 24 December. He was Suy Lao, 43, from Auckland, and was previously reported missing on...
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Police are hopeful 2026 will see a reduction of harm on the roads, if a pre-Christmas road policing operation is anything to go by. Christchurch Police wrapped up ‘Operation Hoho, Oh No’, with 14,169...
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Police can now release the name of the man who died in Wanaka on 5 January. He was 85-year-old David Simmers of Wanaka. Emergency services were called to a report of a man trapped under his vehicle...
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One person has died following the serious crash on Pine Valley Road, Dairy Flat yesterday. At around 12:50pm emergency services were alerted to the two-vehicle crash. The road was closed but reopened...
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Police are releasing the name of a person that died near the Lady Knox Geyser in Waiotapu on 21 December 2025. The woman was Briar Stockley, 42, of Rotorua. Police extend our condolences to Briar’s...
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Please attribute to Detective Inspector Aaron Pascoe: Police are continuing to investigate an unexplained death that occurred in Devonport on New Years Day. The cause of the death remains unexplained...
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Over the past 48 hours police have seen worrying speeds on Manawatū roads. Despite a heavy road policing presence on our roads, Sergeant Ryan Harrison says some people travel at excessive speeds and...
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Invercargill Police have charged a 44-year-old man with theft following the removal of veteran war plaques from St John Cemetery. Between 28 October and 22 November, nine plaques were taken, four of...
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On Tuesday, around 50 people focused on the upper South Temple Valley, Mt Huxley and the Huxley River South Branch, both on foot and via helicopter.
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Attribute to Sergeant Jonny Evans, Police Search and Rescue. The search is continuing for a tramper overdue in the Baton area of Kahurangi National Park. Graham Garnett, 66, went tramping in the Baton...
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A woman critically injured in a crash on State Highway 3 south of Turakina on 2 January has died. The injured woman had been transported to Wellington Hospital after the crash and passed away in...
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To be attributed to Senior Sergeant Blair Dalton: A significant search effort is continuing for missing tramper Connor Purvis. Yesterday’s searches were focused in the upper South Temple Valley, Mt...
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Attribute to Sergeant Jonny Evans, Police Search and Rescue. A search is continuing for a tramper overdue in the Baton area of Kahurangi National Park. Graham Garnett, 66, went tramping in the Baton...
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Attributable to Sergeant Dougall Henderson – Invercargill Police Search and Rescue Coordinator The rescue of two boaties in a remote area of Fiordland over the weekend has highlighted the importance...
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