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Fatal crash, Waiuku
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 6:26 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can now confirm one person has died following a crash on Masters Road, Waiuku this afternoon. More >>
Update: Fatal Crash, Rakaia Terrace Rd, Horoata - Canterbury
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 6:25 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can now confirm two people have died following the crash earlier this afternoon in Horoata. More >>
Update: Tom Phillips case
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Police
Superintendent Bruce Bird, Waikato District Commander: Police would like to thank the public for information received, following appeals for information in the last few days. Investigators are now working through information received. South Waikato ... More >>
Appeal Following Aggravated Robbery, Whakatane
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 7:19 am | New Zealand Police
Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Wilson, Eastern Bay of Plenty CIB: Police are asking for the public’s help after an aggravated robbery this afternoon at a store on The Strand, Whakatane. About 4:40pm, a man entered the store shouting at staff members ... More >>
Police Monitoring Gang Movements On Saturday
Friday, 4 August 2023, 8:19 pm | New Zealand Police
Area Commander Kāpiti Mana, Inspector Renee Perkins: Police are aware and monitoring the movements of gang members through Porirua tomorrow, as part of funeral proceedings. Police will maintain an active presence, investigate and take enforcement action ... More >>
Homicide Investigation Launched Following Queen Street Shooting
Friday, 4 August 2023, 7:47 pm | New Zealand Police
A person critically injured in a shooting on Thursday night in central Auckland has died. Police have now launched a homicide investigation into the events that unfolded on Queen Street before midnight on 3 August. The investigation is continuing ... More >>
Police Increase Visibility In Auckland’s CBD
Friday, 4 August 2023, 6:25 pm | New Zealand Police
Attributed to Acting Superintendent Sunny Patel, Relieving Auckland City District Commander. Police will remain highly visible across the central city and additional staffing has been brought in. As we head into the weekend and over the coming weeks, ... More >>
Update: Serious Crash, Taitā
Friday, 4 August 2023, 6:24 pm | New Zealand Police
A man has now been charged following the fatal crash in Taitā on Tuesday. The 35-year-old man was arrested without incident in Hunterville this afternoon. He is due to appear in the Palmerston North District Court tomorrow charged with driving dangerously ... More >>
Crash At Papatawa Tararua District - Road Closed
Friday, 4 August 2023, 6:20 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are currenltly attending reports of a three-car vehicle crash which occurred at about 3.38pm on Napier Road, Papatawa, in the Tararua District. One person has serious injuries and six people have moderate injuries. A helicopter is en route ... More >>
Update: Tom Phillips Case
Friday, 4 August 2023, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Police
The bronze Toyota Hilux ute being sought in relation to missing man Tom Phillips has been located. Police would like to thank the public for their ongoing support and information provided. Police deployed following information received around 11am ... More >>
Arrests Made Following Warrants In Tairawhiti
Friday, 4 August 2023, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Police
Police have arrested five people over the last week after executing two search warrants at an address in Wairoa, as part of an ongoing focus on reducing gang harm in Eastern District. The two search warrants at the same property on Frasertown Road were conducted ... More >>
Warrant To Arrest Issued In Fatal Hit-and-run
Friday, 4 August 2023, 12:27 pm | New Zealand Police
Police now have a warrant to arrest a man in relation to the fatal hit-and-run incident that occurred outside Pomare train station on Tuesday morning. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2308/46dbda8d6c1b24dc181c.jpeg" width="720" height="540"> Chad Reuben Arene Clark, age ... More >>
Ongoing appeal for information in Tom Phillips case
Friday, 4 August 2023, 10:50 am | New Zealand Police
Inspector Will Loughrin, Waikato Police: Waikato Police have received a number of tips from the public following yesterday’s appeal for sightings of a ute linked to missing man Tom Phillips. One of these was a sighting of Tom himself at Bunnings ... More >>
Police Investigate Shooting On Queen St
Friday, 4 August 2023, 7:32 am | New Zealand Police
Auckland City Police are investigating a shooting that occurred overnight on Queen St in the CBD. Two people are in a critical condition following the incident at around 11.30pm. Police were called following reports of a fight between a group people on ... More >>
Witnesses Sought Following Hit And Run, Upper Hutt
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 10:50 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are asking for witnesses to come forward after the death of a pedestrian in a hit-and-run incident earlier this week. About 7am on Tuesday 1 August, a pedestrian was struck by a southbound vehicle on Eastern Hutt Road, Lower Hutt. The pedestrian ... More >>
Name Release – Fatal Train Incident, Mount Maunganui
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 8:07 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are now in a position to release the name of the young person who died following an incident involving a train and a cyclist in Mount Maunganui on Monday 31 July. She was Jorga-Ray Smith, 11, of Mount Maunganui. Police extend our sympathies to ... More >>
Arrest Made Following Suspected Arson, South Taranaki
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 6:54 pm | New Zealand Police
Acting Senior Sergeant Andrew Russ, South Taranaki Response Manager: Police have arrested a man following a suspected arson at Kapuni Hall, South Taranaki, this morning. The quick response by local Police officers to the information received by a member ... More >>
Police Arrest Half A Dozen Overnight, Stolen Vehicles Recovered
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 11:42 am | New Zealand Police
Six arrests were made in Auckland overnight in relation to stolen vehicles travelling across the region. A range of Police resources were all utilised in making the arrests in the early hours. The first vehicle came to Police attention travelling on Highbrook ... More >>
Reported Sightings Of Missing Man Tom Phillips
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 11:05 am | New Zealand Police
Police inquiries have stepped up following a reported sighting of missing man Tom Phillips last night. Tom and his three children Jayda, Maverick and Ember were reported missing from Marokopa by family on 18 January 2022. Yesterday evening Police received ... More >>
Update: Mount Holdsworth search continues
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 10:29 am | New Zealand Police
The search is resuming today for a man reported missing in the Mount Holdsworth area. Michael MacGregor was last seen at the Rocky Lookout around 12:20pm on Monday. Today's search will be localised around the Atiwhakatu Stream and Lower Holdsworth ... More >>
