Attributable to Inspector Ross Grantham, Manawatu Area Commander:
Police can confirm the number of people deceased at the scene of the Sanson house fire is four.
The bodies ... More
Waikato Police are renewing appeals for information as concerns grow over the whereabouts of missing man Louis.
The 44-year-old has been missing since Thursday 13 November, and Police have ... More
Police are appealing for information from the public after a burglary in Napier South overnight.
At around 8.50am, Police were notified of the burglary at the Red Cross shop on Carlyle ... More
Police investigators are beginning a complex scene examination following several fatalities at the scene of a house fire in Sanson.
Emergency services were called to the property, southwest ... More
Search crews are resuming the search for a man believed missing in the sea off Northland.
The man was one of two people on a boat that was reported overdue on Friday night. The 17-foot ... More
One person has died following a hit and run incident in Henderson overnight.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Tango Place and Larnoch Road at around 2.50am after a ... More
Attributable to Inspector Ross Grantham, Manawatu Area Commander:
Police can confirm there have been several fatalities at the scene of a house fire in Sanson today.
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Police can confirm a body has been found during the search for an overdue boat in Northland, which went missing last night with two people onboard.
About 9pm, family members called ... More
One person has died following a single-vehicle crash on Tokerau Beach in the Far North last night.
Police were notified of the crash, where a 4WD has rolled, at around 7:30pm on Friday. ... More
Central North Island Police have issued 141 infringements after inspecting 910 vehicles in a targeted and pointed approach on heavy vehicles and trailers. More
Police can now release the name of the man who died in a fatal cycling crash on Kokotau Road, Carterton, on Saturday 8 November.
He was Raymond Allan Putt, 70, of Masterton.
Police ... More
The first wing to graduate from the RNZPC’s Auckland campus has been congratulated on their achievement and will soon be boosting the frontline in Northland and across Tāmaki Makaurau.
The ... More
Roadside screening for drug-impaired drivers has moved a step closer to becoming reality as Police confirm they have tested, and selected, a detection device.
Police will be rolling out ... More
Please attribute to Detective Inspector Martin James, Eastern District Manager – Criminal Investigations:
Police investigating the unexplained death of a Hastings woman last month are now ... More
A 38-year-old man is before the courts after a thorough investigation into damage of tourists’ vehicles in the Canterbury District.
Police were notified on 22 October of a campervan that ... More
Please attribute the following to Detective Inspector Matt Cranshaw, Field Crime Manager:
Police have made 10 arrests and dismantled clan labs across the upper North Island ... More
One person has died following a crash on Culverden Road/SH7, Culverden, Hurunui, this afternoon.
The single-vehicle crash, where it appears a truck has struck a tree, was reported to Police ... More
Media are invited to attend the graduation ceremony of Recruit Wing 390 in Auckland tomorrow.
The ceremony mark the recruits’ completion of their initial training course and attestation as ... More
This morning two people visiting the Whiritoa blowhole got caught out by the big surf and incoming tide. Then a bystander nearby watching also got into trouble.
Waikato police are urging ... More
Police Commissioner Richard Chambers, members of the police executive and wing patron Cameron Leslie MNZM congratulated the 55 graduating constables from Wing 389 this morning.
Families ... More
Police can now release the name of the person who died in the two-vehicle crash on Te Ngae Road, Rotorua, on Thursday 6 November.
She was Teleia Thompson, a 23-year-old from Rotorua. ... More
Police will be part of something special, supporting Wellington District’s Special Olympics athletes to carry the Flame of Hope in support of the Special Olympic Games. More
One person has died following a crash near Mangapai on Wednesday night.
The single vehicle crash was reported on Waiotira Road at 10.50pm.
Sadly, the passenger of the vehicle died ... More
A Police investigation is underway after a fatal crash near Wellsford early this morning.
At around 1.40am, a single vehicle crash was reported on Waiteitei Road.
The vehicle has ... More
Two simultaneous search warrants have led to two arrests in relation to a slew of shoplifting across Christchurch.
“The arrests we have made relate to shoplifting and fraud matters ... More
Attributable to Sergeant Tracy Haggart, Queenstown Acting Response Manager,
A youth has been remanded in custody following a commercial burglary in Remarkables Park earlier this week. ... More
Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant David Thompson, Manawatu Area Investigations Manager,
An 18-year-old Palmerston North man has been arrested and charged following a building fire ... More