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Body Found In Waikato River, Hamilton
Monday, 25 September 2023, 9:06 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are making enquiries after a body was found in the Waikato River in Hamilton this evening. Around 5:30pm Police were notified by a member of the public of a body in the water. Staff have now recovered the deceased from the water and will begin ... More >>
Police Appeal For Witnesses To Huntly Crash
Monday, 25 September 2023, 7:33 pm | New Zealand Police
Attributed to Sergeant Steven Jones, Northwestern Waikato Strategic Traffic Unit. Police are appealing for information following a fatal, single vehicle crash that occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning, 23 September. Police responded to ... More >>
Fatal Crash, Huntly
Sunday, 24 September 2023, 8:46 am | New Zealand Police
Police can confirm one person has died following a crash involving a single vehicle on Harris Street, Huntly in the early hours of this morning. The crash was reported shortly after midnight. The road was blocked while emergency services attended and ... More >>
Homicide Investigation, Ōpōtiki
Saturday, 23 September 2023, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Police
A homicide investigation has been launched after a man died following a serious assault. At around 4.40pm on Thursday 21 September Police responded to reports that a man had been seriously assaulted on Ford Street, Ōpōtiki. He was transported ... More >>
Arrest Following Sudden Death, Upper Hutt
Saturday, 23 September 2023, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Police
A woman has been arrested and charged with murder, following an incident in which a man died at an Akatarawa Road address yesterday afternoon. The 39-year-old woman is due to appear in the Hutt Valley District Court today, Saturday 23 September. ... More >>
Search following PLB activation, Coromandel Peninsular
Saturday, 23 September 2023, 1:46 pm | New Zealand Police
Police and LandSAR are conducting a search operation inland from Amadeo Bay in the Coromandel Peninsular after a Personal Locator Beacon PLB was activated yesterday. The PLB is unregistered, and Police are working to determine if it is an injured ... More >>
Update: Serious crash - SH26, Komata - Waikato - Waikato
Friday, 22 September 2023, 7:56 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can now confirm one person has died following the three-vehicle collision on Paeroa Kopu Road (SH26) Komata. Police were notified of the crash at 3:32pm. Motorists are asked to continue to avoid the area as diversions are in place. More >>
Appeal For Information Following Nelson Crash
Friday, 22 September 2023, 7:52 pm | New Zealand Police
Police investigating a crash in Nelson on 12 September are seeking assistance from the public. Police were notified around 5:25pm of the crash between a cyclist and pedestrian on the footpath of Main Road Stoke, Nelson. More >>
Serious Crash - SH26, Komata - Waikato
Friday, 22 September 2023, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are responding to a three-vehicle collision on Pareroa Kopu Road (SH26) Komata. Police were notified of the crash at 3:32pm. Initial indications suggest there are serious injuries. Motorists are asked to avoid the area as diversions are in place. More >>
Planning Well Underway Ahead Of Protest Activity In Wellington Next Week
Friday, 22 September 2023, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Police
Attributed to acting Superintendent Wade Jennings, Relieving Wellington District Commander. Police are advising people to plan ahead and expect possible disruptions, with protest activity expected to take place in Wellington next week. Several groups ... More >>
Police nab repeat offenders in Auckland’s east
Friday, 22 September 2023, 10:56 am | New Zealand Police
Four people are facing charges after a string of aggravated burglaries in East Auckland in recent weeks. Counties Manukau East Area Commander, Inspector Rod Honan, says the group of four are allegedly responsible for three aggravated burglaries in Pakuranga ... More >>
Fatal Crash – Turangi
Friday, 22 September 2023, 6:50 am | New Zealand Police
A person as died following a single vehicle crash in Turangi late yesterday evening (21 September 2023). More >>
Charges Laid In Relation To Fatal Crash, Main North Road, Sefton
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 6:50 pm | New Zealand Police
Police have now laid charges in relation to the fatal crash on Main North Road, Sefton, on Sunday 30 April. A 67-year-old Hurunui man has been remanded in custody due to reappear in Christchurch District Court, Thursday 22 September, on charges ... More >>
Fifty-nine For The Front Line
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Police
Today 59 new officers celebrated their success with whānau and friends at the graduation of the 369 wing. Attending the ceremony was Commissioner Andrew Coster, Minister of Police the Honourable Ginny Andersen and 369-wing patron, Dr Jarrod Gilbert. The ... More >>
Charges Laid In Relation To Spate Of Commercial Burglaries In Huntly And Hamilton
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Police
Waikato Police have laid charges in relation to a recent spate of burglaries of commercial premises in Huntly and Hamilton, where an angle grinder and tools were used to gain entry to stores. This was an organised operation whereby the offenders ... More >>
Police Acknowledge Sentencing In Relation To Death Of Chance Aipolani-Nielson
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 12:20 pm | New Zealand Police
Police acknowledge the sentencing of Boston Wilson today in the Auckland High Court for the murder of 10-month-old Chance Aipolani-Nielson, who died in December 2021. This was a senseless act of violence and our thoughts are with Chance’s whānau ... More >>
Police Acknowledge IPCA Findings Into Care In Custody Of Young Person
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 10:55 am | New Zealand Police
Canterbury Police accept the IPCA’s findings that the use of force in the arrest of a 14-year-old girl, Z, was justified, and that while her care was generally appropriate, she should have been given an opportunity to shower. It is regrettable that Z was ... More >>
Serious Crash – Upper Hutt
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 9:08 am | New Zealand Police
Police are in attendance after a serious crash in Upper Hutt this morning. Police were called to Tawai Street at about 530am after a pedestrian was a struck by a vehicle. The driver stopped immediately and is assisting Police with our enquiries. The pedestrian ... More >>
Police Reminding The Public To Play It Safe On The Water After Incident At Petone Beach
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 6:53 am | New Zealand Police
Kyle Smith, Police Maritime Team: Police are reminding the public to play it safe when out on the water after two men had to be rescued after their kayak capsized off Petone beach. Police received a report just after 1pm on Wednesday 20th September ... More >>
Have You Seen Harmony?
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 5:55 am | New Zealand Police
Police are appealing to the public for information on the whereabouts of Harmony, who was last seen at around 2.30, Tuesday 20 September, getting off a bus on Riccarton Road. She was wearing a black hooded puffer vest, branded T-shirt, pants and white ... More >>
