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Serious Crash, Flat Bush - Counties Manukau
Saturday, 17 September 2022, 1:00 pm | New Zealand Police
Emergency services are responding to a serious crash on Stancombe Road, Flat Bush involving multiple vehicles and a cyclist. The crash was reported just before 8:15am. Initial indications are one person is seriously injured. Cordons are in place at ... More >>
Update - Serious Crash, SH 29, Matamata - Waikato
Friday, 16 September 2022, 7:09 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can confirm three people have died following the earlier crash on SH 29, Matamata this evening. Police were notified of the crash shortly after 5.30pm. There are no other reported injuries at this time. The Serious Crash Unit is examining ... More >>
Road Closure - SH29, Matamata - Waikato
Friday, 16 September 2022, 6:45 pm | New Zealand Police
State Highway 29 is closed following a serious crash involving two vehicles, reported to Police shortly after 5.30pm. Emergency services are in attendance, and there are injuries reported. Diversions are in place, motorists are asked to avoid the area ... More >>
Arrests Made Following Incidents At Commercial Premises, Palmerston North
Friday, 16 September 2022, 6:40 pm | New Zealand Police
Palmerston North Police investigating three incidents at commercial premises this week have made several arrests. About 7.30am on 13 September, officers were called to a Ruahine Street dairy following a report of an attempted robbery. The offenders ... More >>
Statement from Police following sentencing of Zane Wallace
Friday, 16 September 2022, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Police
Whanganui Police acknowledge the sentencing of Zane Wallace today in relation to the death of Jasmine Wilson. Wallace plead guilty to murder earlier this year in July, almost three years after Jasmine’s death on August 2, 2019. Detective Senior ... More >>
Road Policing Operation In Invercargill Targets Modified Vehicles
Friday, 16 September 2022, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Police
Southland Police recently ran a successful road policing operation in the Invercargill area. The operation focused on targeting modified vehicles that were unfit and unsafe for the road with the aim to disrupt anti-social drivers from ... More >>
Crash, Eden Terrace
Friday, 16 September 2022, 9:02 am | New Zealand Police
Emergency services are responding to a crash involving a bus and a barrier on Newton Road, Eden Terrace. The crash was reported to Police around 8.04am. All passengers are off the bus and there are no injuries to report. The lanes heading towards Ponsonby ... More >>
Invercargill Vehicle Owners - Keep Security In Mind
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 8:08 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are reminding people in Invercargill to lock their cars even when parked in driveways after a number of vehicle break-ins. “Police have been surprised by the number of people who do not lock their vehicles at night, leaving handbags, wallets ... More >>
Update: Serious Crash, Botany
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 5:33 pm | New Zealand Police
Attributed to Detective Senior Sergeant Natalie Nelson, Counties Manukau East CIB. Police can advise that a woman critically injured in Botany following a serious crash at the weekend has died. The crash occurred near the intersection of Cascades and ... More >>
Name Release, Goose Bay, Kaikōura
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can now confirm the names of the deceased following the maritime incident in Goose Bay, Kaikōura on Saturday 10 September. They are: Catherine Margaret Haddock (65) of Lower Hutt. Susan Jane Cade (63) of Lower Hutt. Diana Ruby Stewart (68) of ... More >>
Statement Following Sentencing Of Elliot Prakash + Statement From Val Heaney's Family
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 10:27 am | New Zealand Police
Police today acknowledge the sentencing of the man who killed 64-year-old Val Heaney in April this year. On 3 April, Elliot Prakash committed a horrific and cowardly attack that took Val’s life. Val was a kind woman who lived her life in service ... More >>
Serious crash, Te Matai Road - Bay of Plenty
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 10:26 am | New Zealand Police
One person’s been airlifted to hospital in a critical condition following a crash in Western Bay of Plenty. Emergency services were called to Te Matai Road, Te Ranga about 7:35am where a single vehicle had collided with a tree. Diversions are in place ... More >>
Police Accept IPCA Findings
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 10:13 am | New Zealand Police
Police acknowledge and accept the findings of an Independent Police Conduct Authority report into the excessive use of force by an off-duty Police officer in Waitematā in July 2019. Around 5pm on Tuesday 9 July 2019 an off-duty officer discovered a ... More >>
Arrest Made In Manurewa Homicide Investigation
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 9:33 am | New Zealand Police
Police investigating the murder of two young children whose remains were discovered on 11 August at a Manurewa address have made an arrest. Police can now confirm that a 42-year-old woman has been arrested in South Korea. South Korean authorities arrested ... More >>
Further Arrests In David Kuka Homicide
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 9:30 am | New Zealand Police
Two more people have been arrested in relation to a homicide in Tauranga in 2018. David Kuka was fatally shot at an address in Wilrose Place, Tauranga on 11 February 2018. Two men, a 34-year-old and a 36-year-old are already in custody and before ... More >>
Truck Rolled Cobham Road Hamilton Road Closed - Waikato
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 6:17 am | New Zealand Police
At 2:47am today Police are responding to a truck that has rolled on Cobham Road, Bader, Hamilton City. Both North and South bound lanes are blocked as a result. A crane will be required to assist with the removal of the truck that has rolled. Police ... More >>
Second Fatality In Cambridge Crash
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 6:01 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can confirm the driver of the ambulance involved in this morning’s crash on Tirau Road, Cambridge has sadly died in hospital. The two-vehicle crash, involving a car and an ambulance, happened around 3:40am today and saw the driver of the car ... More >>
Top Dogs Decided In Police And Detector Dog National Championships
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 6:00 pm | New Zealand Police
It’s a WOW for Watch out Waikato – home of the new National Police Patrol Dog Champion team of Constable Scott Gosnell and Apex. In a near clean sweep, the pair who have been working together since graduating in June 2020, have won the Frank ... More >>
Police Seek Witnesses To Serious Crash In Botany
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Police
Attributed to Detective Senior Sergeant Natalie Nelson, Counties Manukau East CIB. Police are seeking witnesses to assist with an ongoing investigation into a serious crash in Botany last weekend. It occurred near the intersection of Cascades and Botany ... More >>
Cambridge Police base celebrates official opening
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Police
Cambridge’s new Police hub celebrated its official opening day today. The new base is the first to be developed under the signed partnership agreement between Tainui Group Holdings (TGH) and NZ Police to support the build of modern, sustainable, ... More >>
