A previous statement referring to Mangatere Valley area is spelt incorrectly, the correct spelling is ‘Mangatarere’ Valley.
We apologise for any confusion caused.
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The fatal crash in Wanaka yesterday for which Police are seeking witnesses involved a car and a cyclist, rather than two vehicles.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of ... More
Police are appealing for witnesses after a serious crash between a car and a cyclist in Wanaka earlier today.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of SH84 and Anderson Road ... More
Police are continuing to investigate a fatal crash that occurred on Upper Queen Street on Sunday night.
The two-vehicle crash occurred around 7pm on 30 June, near the intersection with Ian ... More
Police are troubled by a truck's travel across the Auckland motorway network, after its driver was found to be more than seven times the legal alcohol limit.
On Thursday around 3.15pm, ... More
Wellington District will hold a mihi whakatau for newly graduated constables starting in Wellington District on Monday.
Ten new constables are being deployed to Wellington’s Community Beat ... More
Attribute to Detective Sergeant Mark McCloy
Police can confirm an 11-year-old boy and his mother died after their house caught fire in Manapouri on Thursday.
Emergency services were ... More
Attribute to Detective Sergeant Mark McCloy:
A specialist search team has located a second person deceased following a house fire on View Street in Manapouri.
Emergency services were ... More
Police can confirm one person has died following a crash on Main South Road, Paroa this afternoon.
The two-vehicle crash was reported to Police just after 4pm.
Despite the best ... More
Attribute to Detective Sergeant Mark McCloy:
Police can confirm that one person has died following a fire at a property in View Street, Manapouri, reported at around 3.40am today ... More
Attribute to Detective Inspector Graham Pitkethley
Waikato Police have executed a search warrant at an industrial warehouse in central Huntly today, uncovering a large-scale cannabis grow ... More
Police has closed the Ōtāhuhu Police Station following a fire in a section of the building overnight.
Impacts on the community will be minimal with frontline, investigations, and other ... More
Attribute to Southland Area Commander Inspector Mike Bowman:
Police are attending a fire at a property in View Street, Manapouri.
Emergency services were called to the residential ... More
Police can now release the name of the person who died on Mt Ruapehu on Saturday.
She was 26-year-old Wednesday Clementine Davis, from Grey Lynn, Auckland.
Police are making ... More
Attribute to Inspector Renee Perkins, Area Commander Kāpiti-Mana.
A man has been arrested after a fleeing driver incident across the Kāpiti-Mana region earlier today.
Police ... More
Northland Police have caught 55 drivers over the legal alcohol limit in the past week, including during the long Matariki weekend.
Northland Road Policing Manager, Inspector Anne-Marie ... More
Please note that Police has withdrawn a release regarding this case issued this afternoon.
Media are advised to apply due diligence when reporting on this case as there are now numerous ... More
Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed a collision between a vehicle and a person in Nelson yesterday, Sunday 30 June.
Around 2:30pm, a vehicle appeared to drive into a person ... More
Police would like to correct an error in an earlier name release for the two people that died in a crash in Dalefield.
The crash occurred on Thursday 27 June, not Friday as originally ... More
Police can now confirm the names of the two people who died in a crash on Malaghans Road on Friday.
They were Simran Shiuagani Mala, 25, and Jamie William Pitman, 35, both from Frankton, ... More
Attributable to Detective Sergeant Reece Munro:
Dunedin Police are urging parents and guardians to have healthy and open conversations with their young people about the risks of ... More
One person has died after a climbing incident on Mount Ruapehu today.
About 11am, a group of people were climbing on the eastern side of Mount Ruapehu, near Whangaehu Hut. During the climb ... More
Members of the Wairoa community can be reassured that we have officers on the streets working to keep people and property safe.
We continue to support impacted communities through our ... More
Attribute to Inspector Phil Gillbanks:
Rotorua Police want to thank members of the public who reported a vehicle’s erratic driving on State Highway 30 yesterday, Friday 28 June. ... More
The Matariki cluster won’t be the only thing in the sky this weekend as the Police Eagle helicopter assists in monitoring and responding to anti-social vehicle gatherings across the mid and lower ... More
Canterbury Police have impounded cars, issued infringement notices and ordered vehicles off the road, ahead of a weekend of planned gatherings by anti-social road users.
Police across the ... More
Two people have died following a two-vehicle crash on Malaghans Road, Dalefield, Queenstown-Lakes District.
Emergency services were alerted about 10pm and located two people deceased at the ... More
Police can now name the pedestrian who died in a serious crash on New North Road in Mt Albert on June 19.
He was 53-year-old Jason Dean McEwen, of Mt Albert.
Police’s thoughts remain ... More
New Zealand Police welcomed 60 new officers today as wing 375 celebrated their success in front of whānau and friends.
In attendance was Commissioner of Police Andrew Coster with members of ... More
Police would like to correct the name of the man who died in a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1, Grovetown on 20 June.
He was Kaiea Taubakoa, from Kiribati, not Kaiea Taubakou as ... More
