Media are advised that Police will hold a stand-up today in relation to the death of a man in Aranui this morning.
Media are asked to gather 12.20pm at the intersection of Mattingley Street ... More
Police can now name the man who died in a crash on Tainui Road on Tuesday.
He was 68-year-old Peter James Kiely, from Hamilton.
Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones. ... More
The names of the two children who died following an incident in Peria on Friday 29 December can now be released.
They were Sonny, 6, and Eddie, 4. Both boy's deaths have been referred to ... More
Attribute to Area Prevention Manager Senior Sergeant John Fookes
Police are urging people to be careful in the outdoors after three swimmers were rescued from the Kawerau River in ... More
Attribute to Detective Sergeant Sarah Graham:
Police can now name the two people who died in a crash on Tunnel Road, Christchurch, on 30 December.
They were 35-year-old Babe Wihongi ... More
Police can now name the two people who died following a crash on State Highway 29, Lower Kaimai on 28 December.
They were Josephine Wilson, aged 28, and Piripi Chase, aged 31.
Police ... More
Searching has continued today for a swimmer reported missing in the water near Karioitahi Beach.
The missing man was swimming with two others on the evening of 2 January when they got into ... More
Manawatū Police investigating the vandalism of the Whatonga statue are wanting to speak to anyone who may know what happened.
Police received a report on Sunday 31 December that the statue ... More
Attribute to Detective Sergeant Stephen Smith:
Police investigating a serious assault in Māhia on New Year’s morning are asking any witnesses to come forward.
A 34-year-old man was ... More
Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man who was shot in the early hours on 1 January.
Detective Inspector Karen Bright, Counties Manukau CIB, says Police ... More
Police are investigating after a person died in a crash in Northland yesterday evening.
Emergency services were alerted about 6.20pm on Tuesday, following a single-vehicle crash at the ... More
Emergency services are at Karioitahi Beach in Auckland looking for a person who has been reported missing.
Early information is that three people were swimming together this evening when ... More
Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Terri Wilson:
Police have arrested a 47-year-old man following a firearms incident at Manu Bay in Raglan yesterday.
The man was arrested at a ... More
Attribute to Incident Controller Detective Zeb Harland:
The Police National Dive Squad has recovered a body during the search for a man who went missing while snorkelling for crayfish at ... More
Police and Search and Rescue teams are at Manuka Bay in Domett, Hurunui, where a diver is missing.
The person was one of two people diving at the bay, in water about 5 metres deep. Police ... More
A person has died following an incident at Matakatia Bay in Auckland this evening.
Emergency services, including Police Eagle helicopter and Coastguard, were called around 6:40pm and ... More
A person has died following a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 30 at Okataina this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the scene, between Curtis Road and Lake Okataina Road, ... More
Attribute to Tairawhiti Area Commander acting Inspector Danny Kirk
Tairawhiti Police are praising crowds after the three-day Rhythm and Vines festival in Gisborne but are frustrated at the ... More
The number of road deaths in the 2022 Christmas-New Year holiday period was 21, not 15 as stated in this morning’s release.
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A woman has sustained critical injuries after being struck by a car in Tāneatua this afternoon.
The incident on Grace Road was reported to Police at 12.15pm.
The woman is being ... More
While crashes on our road continue to be a leading cause of death, we have provisionally seen 340 road-related deaths in 2023, which was down 34 from 2022.
Despite this, our holiday road ... More
While the weather may have affected New Year's Eve celebrations around the country, there were still many thousands of people gathered in various locations across Aotearoa to ring in 2024. ... More
A release issued earlier this evening stated that Police launch Deodar retrieved the men swept out to sea off Bethells Beach this afternoon.
That is incorrect. Surf Life Saving New Zealand ... More
Four young men were retrieved from the sea off Bethells Beach this afternoon, after being swept out to sea.
At around 5.40pm Police received reports that four people had been swept out to ... More
The person located deceased in Wānaka this morning has been identified.
Police would like to thank the public for their assistance.
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To be attributed to Detective Senior Sergeant Terri Wilson:
Police can now name the victim of a homicide in Melville, Hamilton on 30 December.
He was Te Reo Wickliffe-Heta, aged 24, ... More
