Police can advise that a man critically injured at Muriwai on Saturday has died in hospital. The 28-year-old was airlifted to Auckland City Hospital after becoming trapped under a sand dune. He...
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Police and Customs have sprung upon a $37 million methamphetamine shipment concealed amongst machine parts sent through air cargo. In the process seven people now face criminal charges and 124...
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Please attribute to Superintendent Tony Hill, Canterbury District Commander: A woman has died in Police custody in Christchurch this morning. At around 6:50am, the woman was located unresponsive in...
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Police are asking for the public’s help after an assault on the roadside on Friday in Tokoroa. About 4.15am near the intersection of Old Taupo Road and Baird Road, a man stopped his vehicle to assist...
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One person has died following a crash in Te Mata yesterday evening. At around 5.50pm, Police were alerted to a single-vehicle crash on Kawhia Road. Despite best efforts of emergency services, one...
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One person has died following a crash on Nukumaru Station Road in Waitōtara, South Taranaki overnight. Police were notified of the single vehicle crash at 12.10am today (23 August). One person was...
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One person died in a crash on Pipiwai Road in Ngararatunua, Northland last night. Police were notified of the single vehicle crash just after 10pm yesterday (22 August). Enquiries into the...
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Attributable to Inspector Wade Jennings, Hutt Valley Area Commander: Two Police officers have been injured and one officer nearly hit by a vehicle following an incident in Lower Hutt this morning. At...
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Police can now confirm the name of the victim of the homicide on Trigg Avenue on Wednesday (20 August). He was 41-year-old, Temutu Vincent Ehau, of Rotorua. Police continue to support Mr Ehau’s whānau...
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Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Neilson: Hamilton Police are seeking information on a serious assault that has left a youth in critical condition in Waikato Hospital. A 17-year-old...
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Levin residents can expect to see a significant Police presence in the area following a series of firearms incidents. Additional officers have been deployed across Horowhenua to conduct patrols and...
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Police arrested two men and seized a large amount of methamphetamine and cash during search warrants executed in Christchurch and Dunedin this week.
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Police can confirm that a man died in Nelson Hospital yesterday [20 August] following a crash last week. The crash on 13 August was on the Coastal Highway, Mahana. The man was 71-year-old Richard...
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Maketu Road has reopened after it was closed in relation to a pre-planned search warrant this morning. The public can expect an increased Police presence in Maketu this morning as enquiries continue...
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Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Mark van Kempen: Four people are due in court today in relation to a homicide in Rotorua yesterday. Emergency services were called to an assault on Trigg...
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Police, supported by members of the Armed Offenders Squad, are executing a pre-planned search warrant in Maketu this morning. The warrant is in relation to enquiries into the death of Zain Matenga...
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Police are now in a position to release the name of the man who died following a crash on State Highway 5 at Tarawera on 28 May. He was 30-year-old Gonzalo Ezequiel Altez Sosa, of Akina, Hastings. Our...
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Please attribute to Acting Sergeant Danny Schaare: Canterbury Police have charged six people with wilful damage following an incident where hundreds of stickers were placed on a store window during a...
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Please attribute to Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Glen Lindup: Police have laid a new charge in relation to the death of a man in Westport last month. About 3:10pm on 31 July, Police were called to...
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Detective Sergeant Brad Grainger says there's been an increase in the manufacture and supply of synthetic cannabis across the district over the past month.
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Emergency services were called to an assault on Trigg Ave around 12:20pm on Wednesday. A man was located in a critical condition but died at the scene.
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A man faces a murder charge over the death of a woman in Papatoetoe earlier this month. Police have been investigating the death of 84-year-old Joan Beale since she was located deceased at her home in...
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