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Wing 360 – 47 New Police Constables Start Policing Careers
Friday, 18 November 2022, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Police
Forty seven new constables will be attested and graduate from their initial training course on Thursday 17 November. Attending the ceremony will be Minister of Police, the Hon Chris Hipkins, Commissioner Andrew Coster, and the wing patron and former ... More >>
Update: Bexley Park Assault
Friday, 18 November 2022, 3:06 pm | New Zealand Police
Members of the Christchurch community may have noticed an increased Police presence in the Bexley area, as the Police investigation into Monday's serious assault continues. Yesterday Police have been conducting search warrants at properties in the area. ... More >>
Police Urge Tradespeople To Secure Their Tools After Increase In Thefts
Friday, 18 November 2022, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are aware of an increase in the theft of tools from tradespeople’s vehicles and utes in the Wellington area over recent weeks, with two significant events occurring over the last two days. There are reports of several thousand dollars’ worth of ... More >>
Police urging safe and sensible World Cup celebrations
Friday, 18 November 2022, 12:59 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are appealing to Toa Samoa fans around New Zealand ahead of this weekend’s history Rugby League World Cup Final: Enjoy your moment, but please be safe and remain peaceful. Police around the country will have an increased presence in centres where ... More >>
Operation Vanstone, Akaroa
Friday, 18 November 2022, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Police
Police Search and Rescue have today and yesterday examined previously unsearched areas of Akaroa, in relation to the disappearance of Graham Vanstone. Mr Vanstone disappeared from his home in Akaroa on 5 September 1999 and has not been seen or ... More >>
Invercargill Man Arrested For Spate Of Southland Offending
Friday, 18 November 2022, 9:49 am | New Zealand Police
Alexandra Police arrested a 23-year-old Invercargill man yesterday, in relation to a substantial amount of offending stretching throughout the Southland area. He was located and arrested near Gorge Creek, Alexandra. The man appeared in Queenstown ... More >>
Homicide Investigation Launched, Napier
Friday, 18 November 2022, 9:41 am | New Zealand Police
Police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman died in the early hours of this morning following an incident in Marewa, Napier. Around 4.25am Police were called to a residential address in on Nuffield Avenue, after a woman was found unresponsive. ... More >>
Appeal For Information Following East Tamaki Incident
Friday, 18 November 2022, 9:40 am | New Zealand Police
Investigations remain ongoing into an incident on 13 November in East Tamaki, where one person died and three others were seriously injured. Police understand there was a large number of people present in the vicinity on the night of the incident. ... More >>
Arrests Made In Homicide Investigation, Te Hapara
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 8:40 pm | New Zealand Police
Detective Senior Sergeant Sally Patrick: Eastern District Police have arrested a man and a woman, aged 35 and 37 respectively, in relation to the death of a 19-month-old girl, Casino Ataria-Wharehinga. A homicide investigation into Casino’s death was ... More >>
Enquiries ongoing in relation to Hokitika death
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are continuing to make enquiries following the death of Layk Scowen, aged 18, who died in Hokitika on Friday 11 November. “We are aware that there is a significant interest in this matter locally, and a lot of speculation in the community regarding ... More >>
Northland Police Recover Swag Of Stolen Vehicles, Property, Worth Over $800,000
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 3:08 pm | New Zealand Police
Northland Police have recovered more than $800,000 of stolen property as part of an investigation into a recent spate of burglaries in Auckland and Northland. On Tuesday, three search warrants were executed by the Far North Organised Crime Unit ... More >>
Hamilton Police appeal for help to identify man
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 1:02 pm | New Zealand Police
Hamilton Police are appealing for assistance to help identify the man pictured as we believe he can assist us in our investigation of commercial burglaries in the Te Rapa area. We would also like to hear from any businesses that saw this man ... More >>
Orders coming into force to prevent harm by firearms
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Police
Firearm Prohibition Orders, to help reduce gun harm and make communities safer, come into effect today. The orders prohibit high-risk offenders from accessing, being around, or using firearms. “Firearms Prohibition Orders are an additional tool ... More >>
Fatal Crash - Dunedin
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 9:32 am | New Zealand Police
One person has died following a crash on Dunedin’s northern motorway this morning. The crash, involving a car and a truck, was reported to Police at 7.55am. The road is closed and diversions are in place. Motorists are asked to follow the directions ... More >>
At Least 190 Kilograms Of Cocaine Seized, Seven Arrests In Operation Depot
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 6:21 pm | New Zealand Police
Police have arrested seven people and seized up to $38 million dollars’ worth of drugs in a major operation targeting the importation of cocaine into New Zealand. Operation Depot has been a one month long joint investigation into a local drug syndicate, ... More >>
One Year On - Police Rekindle Appeal For Missing Auckland Man
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 6:19 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are asking the public to continue to look for missing Auckland man Atonio Finau, as we approach the first anniversary of his disappearance. The 65-year-old Aucklander was last seen on 16 November 2021 in the West Auckland suburb of New Lynn. ... More >>
Investigation Into Sudden Death - Silverdale
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are in attendance at a sudden death in Silverdale. At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained. A second person has been transported to hospital in a serious condition. Police are still in the very early stages of making enquiries ... More >>
Appeal For Witnesses To Fatal Tokoroa Crash
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Police
Police believe members of the public can assist them with the investigation of a fatal crash in Tokoroa. The sole occupant of the vehicle died after it collided with a pillar on Bridge St, about 1am on Saturday. There are witnesses who have yet to ... More >>
Arrests Made In Anaru Moana Homicide
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Police
Two people have been arrested and charged with the murder of Anaru Moana in December last year. Mr Moana was reported missing on 23 December 2021, and extensive inquiries have been carried out since then to locate him and hold people to account. This has ... More >>
Police Confirm Body Recovered Was Missing Kayaker, Rotorua
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Police
Rotorua Police are now able to confirm that the body recovered from Sulphur Point on Lake Rotorua on Wednesday 2 November was the missing French kayaker. Police are working closely with the French Consulate to repatriate his remains to his family ... More >>
