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Police seek assistance in East Coast Bays aggravated robbery
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 10:44 am | New Zealand Police
Detective Senior Sergeant Nick Poland, Area Investigations Manager: Waitematā East Police An investigation is continuing into the circumstances surrounding an aggravated robbery incident that took place in a Mairangi Bay car park last week. Police have ... More >>
Drivers Urged To Slow Down As Police Launch Speed Operation In Pakowhai
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 7:04 am | New Zealand Police
Hawke’s Bay Police are warning drivers who speed through the Pakowhai area to slow down or risk the attention of Police. Temporary lower speed limits are in place in the area as the Pakowhai community continues the long, slow process of cleaning-up ... More >>
Police dogs get new Škoda vehicles
Monday, 3 April 2023, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Police
New Zealand Police is beginning a roll-out of new purpose-built dog vans, following a successful four-month trial in the Waikato. A prototype 206kW Škoda Superb Station Wagon was produced in late 2022 by Police partner Wade Group and trialled by operational ... More >>
Man Charged After Blenheim Incident
Monday, 3 April 2023, 5:09 am | New Zealand Police
02 April A 23-year-old man has been charged with abduction and rape following an incident in Blenheim this morning. Police were called to Sinclair Street, Mayfield, about 9.50am. One person was located on Market Street a short time later and taken ... More >>
Police Investigating Shooting
Sunday, 2 April 2023, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Police
Counties Manukau Police are investigating a shooting at a residential address that occurred overnight in Mt Wellington. Thankfully no one was injured. However, it is believed a number of shots were fired at the exterior of the building from the roadside. ... More >>
Police disappointed following checkpoints in Hawke’s Bay
Sunday, 2 April 2023, 1:40 pm | New Zealand Police
Eastern District Road Policing Manager, Inspector Angela Hallett: Our business-as-usual response to offending hasn’t stopped amid Cyclone Gabrielle recovery work. Over the weekend Hawke’s Bay Road Policing set up checkpoints across the region targeting ... More >>
Arrests Following Robberies
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 2:44 pm | New Zealand Police
Four youths have been arrested following robberies this morning. At around 8.45am three armed offenders entered a supermarket on Hillcrest Street in Tirau. The group threatened staff and demanded cash and cigarettes, before leaving in a stolen blue ... More >>
Name Release, Jacks Point Fatal
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are now in a position to release the name of the man that died following a workplace incident in Jacks Point on Tuesday 28 March. He was 58-year-old Grant Treleaven of Queenstown. Police extend their condolences to his family. Enquiries ... More >>
Arrests Made In Relation To Firearms Incident, Tuatapere
Friday, 31 March 2023, 8:20 pm | New Zealand Police
Southland Area Investigation Manager, Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Baird: Invercargill Police have today arrested two people in relation to a firearms incident this week. About 11pm on Wednesday, Police received a report that a firearm had been discharged ... More >>
Man charged in relation to Feilding fleeing driver incident
Friday, 31 March 2023, 3:46 pm | New Zealand Police
Manawatū Police have arrested a 34-year-old man in relation to a fleeing driver incident in Feilding on 15 March. The search for the man that day resulted in a school being placed into lockdown for a short time. The man has been charged with failing ... More >>
Update: Investigation in to aggravated robbery, Riccarton
Friday, 31 March 2023, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Police
Police continue to appeal to the public for assistance identifying a person that we believe may be able to assist with our enquiries, following a robbery at a Riccarton shopping centre on Wednesday 29 March. A further photo of the person is being released ... More >>
Have you seen Bronwyn Warwick?
Friday, 31 March 2023, 11:52 am | New Zealand Police
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 74-year-old Bronwyn Warwick, who has a parole recall warrant. Warwick is known to frequent Counties Manukau, however may have ties across Tämaki Makaurau. She is considered dangerous and should not ... More >>
Statement Following West Auckland Homicide Guilty Plea
Friday, 31 March 2023, 10:59 am | New Zealand Police
Police acknowledge the guilty plea entered at the High Court at Auckland in relation to a homicide that occurred in West Auckland in July last year. Today, Mikaere Puata-Chaney pleaded guilty to murdering Eliza and Geoffrey Trubuhovich on 15 July 2022. Police ... More >>
Release Of Data Sets On ‘ram Raids’
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Police
Police has released two sets of ‘ram raid’ data here . The first set is Text Mined Operational Offence Statistics, created to be able to report against questions regarding historic and current volumes of ‘ram raids’, and to compare against ... More >>
Holding most prolific offenders to account for retail crime
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Police
Less than one year since its inception, the work of the Police National Retail Investigation Support Unit (NRISU) with districts has resulted in 1000 retail crime charges against 178 offenders. “This is a significant milestone for the unit, which has been fully ... More >>
Serious Crash, Whitianga - Waikato
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 12:59 pm | New Zealand Police
Emergency services are at the scene of a serious two-vehicle crash on Tairua Whitianga Road, Whitianga. Police were called shortly before midday. Initial reports suggest two people have been seriously injured. The road is closed and there is no available ... More >>
Serious crash in Takanini - Counties Manukau
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 6:57 am | New Zealand Police
Police are in attendance at a serious crash involving a car and bicycle in Takanini this morning. The crash occurred just before 6.30am near the intersection of Walters and Grove Roads. A cyclist is in a critical condition following the crash. Cordons ... More >>
Fifty-eight New Constables For The Front Line
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 8:42 pm | New Zealand Police
Police wing number 364 will be attested and graduate from their initial training course on Thursday 30 March. The 58 recruits have passed and are celebrating their success with their whānau and friends tomorrow afternoon. Attending the ceremony ... More >>
Man Sought Following Aggravated Robbery, Riccarton
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 8:39 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are seeking the identity of a man following a robbery at a Riccarton shopping centre today. A man entered the mall at around 2.15pm and walked to a currency exchange. The man was armed with a knife and threatened staff before fleeing with several thousand ... More >>
Appeal For Witnesses Following Crash In Mt Albert, Auckland
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Police
Auckland Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash in Mt Albert earlier this month. The two-vehicle crash, involving a motorbike and a car at the intersection of Duncan MacLean Link and St Lukes Rd, occurred at around 10.15pm on Saturday, 18 ... More >>
