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Is This Your Kayak Trailer?
Saturday, 7 October 2023, 8:24 pm | New Zealand Police
It has been located at a property on Greenslade Road, Raglan this afternoon without a kayak. The kayaker may have launched from Lorenzen Bay. Police have not received a missing person report for any kayakers in the area, but we would like to make sure ... More >>
Kayak Trailer Retrieved
Saturday, 7 October 2023, 7:30 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can confirm a kayak trailer located at a property in Raglan this afternoon has been recovered. It's not believed anyone is outstanding. More >>
Serious Crash, Ngāruawāhia - Waikato
Saturday, 7 October 2023, 7:29 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are in attendance at a serious crash in Ngāruawāhia, on Great South Road by the golf course. It involved two vehicles and happened around 4:55pm. The Serious Crash Unit has been advised. The road is currently blocked. More >>
Police Arrest Woman In Relation To Queen Street Homicide, Appeal Continues To Locate Male Involved
Saturday, 7 October 2023, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Police
Police investigating the Queen Street homicide on the night of 3 August 2023 have today made an arrest. The 23-year-old female accomplice of wanted man Dariush Talagi has been taken into custody. She has been charged with being an accessory after the ... More >>
Fatal Crash, SH 29
Friday, 6 October 2023, 9:57 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can now confirm one person has died in a crash this afternoon on State Highway 29, the Waikato end of the Kaimai Range. A second person involved in the two-vehicle crash received critical injuries, and a third person received serious injuries. The ... More >>
Update – Incident, Queenstown Airport
Friday, 6 October 2023, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Police
Queenstown Airport remains closed and there are no flights into and out of Queenstown at present. NZDF Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit are due to arrive at the Airport to assess and respond to a report of what appears to be an explosive device. Police ... More >>
Jury Finds Pair Guilty In Cockle Bay Homicide Investigation
Friday, 6 October 2023, 12:48 pm | New Zealand Police
Police acknowledge the guilty verdicts in the trial that has been underway for a homicide in Cockle Bay three years ago. Twenty-seven-year-old Wiremu Arapo was located deceased at the Minerva Terrace house following a fire on 20 October 2020. At the ... More >>
Arrest And Appeal For Information Following Serious Incident, Havelock North
Friday, 6 October 2023, 11:18 am | New Zealand Police
Police have arrested a man and charges have been laid, following a serious incident in Havelock North yesterday. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2310/91e437ea73fd914054d8.jpeg" width="720" height="540"> Clothing item for identification ... More >>
Incident, Queenstown Airport
Friday, 6 October 2023, 11:05 am | New Zealand Police
Police are in attendance at Queenstown Airport after receiving a report at around 8.40am of what appears to be an explosive device. The airport terminal has been evacuated as a safety precaution. NZDF Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit have been notified ... More >>
Man Charged Following New Windsor Assault
Friday, 6 October 2023, 9:50 am | New Zealand Police
Police have charged a man following a violent assault at a New Windsor dairy on Thursday morning. A 24-year-old man will appear in Auckland District Court today charged with two counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and ... More >>
Section Of Kaikorai Road Closed For Police Operation
Friday, 6 October 2023, 6:41 am | New Zealand Police
Motorists are asked to avoid a section of Kaikorai Valley Road south of Barr Street, due to a Police operation in the area. The road is closed at the Burnside off-ramp of SH1 at the South, through to Barr Street at the North. Diversions are in place. ... More >>
Update: Serious Crash, Temuka
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 6:13 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can confirm two people have died following a serious crash near Temuka today. The crash occurred near the intersection of Middleswamp Road and Guild Road and was reported to Police at around 11.45am. A third person was transported to hospital ... More >>
Police Praise Community Actions Following New Windsor Assault
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 6:11 pm | New Zealand Police
Attributed to Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin, Auckland City CIB. Police investigations are continuing this afternoon, following a violent assault at a New Windsor dairy this morning. The condition of the man and woman hospitalised this morning has since ... More >>
Two People Arrested For Running Underage Prostitutes And Supplying Drugs
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 3:50 pm | New Zealand Police
Police have arrested two people for allegedly facilitating underage prostitution in Rotorua. A 49-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman have appeared in the Rotorua District Court today on charges including assisting a person under 18 years of age ... More >>
Man in custody following serious assault, New Windsor
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 12:35 pm | New Zealand Police
Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin, Auckland City CIB: A man is in custody and Police investigations are continuing following a violent assault in New Windsor this morning. At around 10.41am, Emergency services responded to a report of a person who had been ... More >>
Two Arrested After Elderly Man Assaulted In Te Aroha Over Road Rage Incident
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 11:27 am | New Zealand Police
Two people have been arrested for the daylight assault of a man on the afternoon of Wednesday 20th September on Ema Street in Te Aroha. This attack was a vicious, unprovoked attack on a 65-year-old man following a near miss in his vehicle with ... More >>
Police Acknowledge IPCA Findings Regarding Gisborne Arrest
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 10:20 am | New Zealand Police
Police acknowledge the findings of the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) in relation to an arrest in Gisborne in May 2022. The IPCA found that two police officers used reasonable force to arrest and restrain a man, after he assaulted one ... More >>
Three Arrested Following Fleeing Driver Incident
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 9:32 am | New Zealand Police
An eye for detail has seen three youths taken into custody overnight following a fleeing driver incident, which started in Pukekohe. Counties Manukau South Area Commander, Inspector Joe Hunter, says around 9.40pm on Wednesday evening, Police observed two ... More >>
Genetic Testing Could Provide Leads For Cold Cases
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 6:11 am | New Zealand Police
Detective Superintendent Ross McKay: NZ Police and the institute of Environmental Science Research (ESR) have begun a trial in the use of a genetic investigative tool on two serious crime cold cases, Operations Dallington and Sturbridge. The family ... More >>
Fatal Crash - Tuakau
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 10:48 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can confirm a child has died following a serious crash in Tuakau this afternoon. Emergency services responded to reports of the crash, involving a vehicle and a child on a driveway on Martindale Lane, around 12.25pm. Sadly, the child died at the scene. ... More >>
