To be attributed to Inspector Vicki Walker, Aoraki Area Commander: A fourth person involved in a fatal crash on State Highway 79, Geraldine on 21 August has passed away in hospital. Three people...
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To be attributed to Inspector Vicki Walker, Aoraki Area Commander: The search for three missing climbers on Aoraki Mt Cook was paused shortly before 8pm yesterday, due to weather conditions on the...
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A search and rescue operation has been underway this afternoon, after three climbers who were attempting to summit Aoraki Mount Cook were reported overdue. The climbers were due to complete their...
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Eleven vehicles were ordered off the road and 38 infringement notices issued over the weekend as part of a continued crackdown on illegal street racing and antisocial vehicle use.
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To be attributed to Assistant Commissioner Paul Basham: Four arrests were made yesterday around the country for breaches of the Gangs Act 2024. In Waitematā District, a man was arrested on Harrington...
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Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Peter Middlemiss of Kāpiti Mana Police: Police are making enquiries after a serious incident overnight that has left a man critically injured. Emergency...
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One person has died following the serious single-vehicle crash on Hyperion Drive, Randwick Park, about 7am this morning. The road is expected to remain closed for some time. Motorists are asked to...
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Patuharakeke Kaumātua have placed a rāhui at Waipu after the death of a woman at the Waipu River mouth yesterday. The rāhui extends from the Waipu Boat Club out to the Waipu River mouth, and from...
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The woman reported missing at the Waipu River mouth has now sadly been located deceased. She was found by volunteers from Coastguard Whangārei around midday today. Her death will be referred to the...
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A previous release referred to an arrest made in Avondale on Whatapu Crescent. The arrest in fact took place on Walsall Street. We apologise for any confusion caused. ENDS Issued by Police Media...
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One person has died after the earlier single-vehicle crash on Great South Road, Papakura. The road remains closed, with diversions in place, while the Serious Crash Unit examines the scene. Please...
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To be attributed to Assistant Commissioner Paul Basham: Three people were arrested around the country yesterday for breaches of the Gangs Act 2024, as Police work to take enforcement action. Yesterday...
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A search for a woman missing near the mouth of the Waipu River will resume this morning. Emergency services were called about 12am after the woman’s friends observed her entering the water but not...
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Hawke’s Bay Expressway has reopened, and Police are appealing for information following a three-vehicle crash in Twyford this afternoon. At around 2:20pm Police responded to the Hawke’s Bay Expressway...
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Invercargill Police have arrested a 19-year-old man for indecently exposing himself to members of the public. The man has been bailed to an address out of Southland to reappear in the Invercargill...
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Enquiries are ongoing into the circumstances that led to a fatal crash on State Highway 1, Piarere on Wednesday 27 November, and Police are appealing for information to assist the investigation...
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Gisborne Police are continuing to investigate the death of 67-year-old Wayne Tamahori Dewes in Elgin, Gisborne, during the early hours of 28 October 2024 (Labour Day). Police have made good progress...
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A man has been arrested and will appear before the courts in relation to a large number of rural mailbox thefts in North Canterbury recently. Police had received reports about several parcels and...
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Police have called in extra staff and resources to have an increased presence in the Western Bay of Plenty area on Thursday, monitoring the gang funeral of a prominent Mongrel Mob member.
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Attributable to Detective Inspector Craig Rawlinson, Acting Western Bay of Plenty Area Commander: Police have called in extra staff and additional resources to have an increased presence in Tauranga...
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Stolen licence plates have served up a much larger discovery, after Police uncovered a suspected clandestine laboratory in Mount Wellington. Nine gang associates were arrested as Police cleared the...
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Police can now advise one person has died in a crash on State Highway 1, Piarere. The crash, involving a bus and a car, was reported to Police just after 2pm today. A number of other people were...
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Police can now release the name of the woman who was located deceased at a property on Muller Road, Blenheim on Monday. She was 78-year-old Jennifer Phyllis Sheehan, of Blenheim. Police wish to extend...
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Police are appealing for information following a fatal crash in the Ōpōtiki District over the weekend. At around 2pm, Saturday 23 November Police responded to a three-vehicle crash on State Highway 2...
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Police have arrested a man after allegedly presenting an imitation firearm during a Facebook Marketplace transaction last night. The incident unfolded at a Takanini petrol station at around 9.20pm...
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