Police can now provide a brief update into a sudden death in Muriwai earlier this morning. A person's body was located after a car fire was reported on Jack Butt Lane. Police can now advise enquiries...
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Police are in attendance at a car fire in Muriwai this morning. Fire and Emergency advised Police of the fire on Jack Butt Lane at 8.34am. The fire has been extinguished and a person’s body has been...
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A motorcyclist has died following a crash on Harihari Highway (State Highway 6) this evening. The crash, at Kakapotahi near the Waitaha River Bridge, was reported to Police at 5.15pm. No other...
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A person has died following a crash on State Highway 5, Tarawera earlier this week. The person was critically injured in the crash on 28 May and was airlifted to hospital. Sadly they passed away in...
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A female has died in hospital following a crash in Port Waikato on Friday. Emergency services were called to Tuakau Bridge-Port Waikato Road about 6:10pm on 30 May to reports of a single vehicle...
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Media are asked to please disregard the release issued earlier regarding King's Birthday Honours, given the embargo until tomorrow. It was issued in error, for which we apologise. ENDS
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A man has died and four others are injured after a crash on State Highway 16, Pt Chevalier last night. Police became aware of a car on its roof in the citybound lanes shortly after 11:05pm. One person...
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A man has died after a vehicle he was in left the road and rolled into a paddock at Karamu, Waipa. Emergency services were called at around 7:40am to the single vehicle crash on Waikoha Road. The...
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One person has died following a serious crash in Northland this morning. At around midnight emergency services were called to a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1, near Waiomio, south of Kawakawa...
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Attributable to Inspector Ash Gurney, Manawatū Area Prevention Manager: Ten people were arrested during a large anti-social road user event in the Levin and Palmerston North areas overnight, which saw...
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Southern Police are urging motorists to drive safe this holiday weekend after a driver was arrested and charged with excess breath alcohol. At around 5.20pm, Oamaru Police were notified by a member of...
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One person has died following a serious crash in Templeton this afternoon. At around 2.45pm, emergency services were called to the intersection of Dawson Road and Newton Road. The crash involved a...
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West Coast Police have executed 10 search warrants across the Westport and Greymouth area this week, in relation to organised crime in the wider region. West Coast staff worked alongside colleagues...
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To be attributed to Inspector Lincoln Sycamore, Hawke’s Bay Area Commander: Hawke’s Bay Police will be maintaining a visible presence in Central Hawke’s Bay over King’s Birthday Weekend, with a large...
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The vehicle is a red BMW Z3 convertible, like the one pictured, which was seen leaving the Waikaia township at speed around the time of the fire last year.
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Police Commissioner Richard Chambers congratulated five patrol handlers and their dogs and one detector dog team at the Dog Training Centre (DTC) in Trentham today. The teams graduated and paraded out...
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Police can advise a woman missing in central Auckland has been located. The 60-year-old had gone missing this morning, and has since been located in the Grafton area. She is safe. Police thank the...
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Attributable to Commissioner Richard Chambers: Police acknowledge and fully accept the findings and recommendations of the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report into Police’s use of the...
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A pedestrian who was seriously injured after being struck by a car in Christchurch last week has died. The man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by the car in Halswell...
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The 2024 Tactical Options Report (TOR) finds the use of force by New Zealand Police remains low, consistent with previous years. “It’s reassuring that even with an increase in our interactions with...
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Police can now name the man who died following a crash on Station Road, Clutha on 23 May. He was Kenneth David Falconer, 71, from Tapanui. Police extends our condolences to his friends and family at...
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Please attribute to Sergeant Mark Taylor Whanganui Police are investigating a fatal crash in Castlecliff on Sunday, and are appealing to the public for any information. About 4.10pm on Sunday 25 May...
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To be attributed to Inspector Ross Grantham, Manawatū Area Commander: A 19-year-old man has died after being critically injured playing a tackle game with friends in Palmerston North on Sunday...
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Attributable to Detective Sergeant Ian Langridge A 47-year-old man is before the courts following a house fire in Nelson, and are appealing for information from the public. At around 9.50pm, on...
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Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in Okoia yesterday. Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash at around 7pm. Sadly, despite best efforts by emergency services...
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