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Fatal Assault - Cockburn Street, Grey Lynn
Saturday, 9 July 2022, 1:12 pm | New Zealand Police
Inspector Peter Raynes, Tāmaki Makaurau Police: Emergency services responded to a report of a woman being assaulted on Cockburn Street in Grey Lynn at 8.25am today. On arrival, the woman was found to be critically injured and has subsequently ... More >>
UPDATE: Fatal Crash, Rotorua - Bay Of Plenty
Friday, 8 July 2022, 6:37 pm | New Zealand Police
Te Ngae Road, near Rotokawa Road, Rotorua is now open following the earlier fatal crash. More >>
Kawerau Property Forfeited From Major Meth Investigation - Operation Notus
Friday, 8 July 2022, 5:52 pm | New Zealand Police
Attributed to Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Nick O’Brien of the Waikato / Bay of Plenty Asset Recovery Unit. The first forfeiture from the major Police operation targeting methamphetamine supply in Kawerau has been completed. Operation ... More >>
Kawerau Property Forfeited From Major Meth Investigation - Operation Notus
Friday, 8 July 2022, 5:52 pm | New Zealand Police
Attributed to Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Nick O’Brien of the Waikato / Bay of Plenty Asset Recovery Unit. The first forfeiture from the major Police operation targeting methamphetamine supply in Kawerau has been completed. Operation ... More >>
Work Continues In Search For Anaru Moana - Sightings Of Vehicle Sought
Friday, 8 July 2022, 3:55 pm | New Zealand Police
Canterbury Police working hard to find answers around the disappearance of Anaru Moana are seeking information about a car in the area he was last seen. Mr Moana was reported missing on 23 December 2021, as having last been seen several days earlier. ... More >>
Enforcement action taken following gang-related funeral
Friday, 8 July 2022, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Police
Police have carried out an operation into unlawful and dangerous driving exhibited in Auckland during a gang-related funeral last month, seizing two motorbikes and issuing 55 infringements. More >>
High praise for ‘Wolf’ book
Friday, 8 July 2022, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Police
Police has received a special commendation for The Wolf Was Not Sleeping, a picture book designed to ease concerns of young whānau members about a loved one’s job. More >>
Police rolls out Lumi drug scan tool nationwide
Friday, 8 July 2022, 8:55 am | New Zealand Police
Police is launching its Lumi drug scanning tool to frontline Police nationwide, following a six-month Pilot which enabled more informed Police discretion and significant time and resource savings when carrying out warrantless searches for harmful drugs. More >>
Operation Weirton: Police Make Further Restraints After Record Interception At The Border
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 6:33 pm | New Zealand Police
Police have added hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of vehicles to the ever-growing list of assets restrained under Operation Weirton. The Operation, first terminated in March, saw a record 600 kilograms of methamphetamine seized at the border and ... More >>
Man Charged With The Murder Of Emma Field
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 6:29 pm | New Zealand Police
Detective Inspector Brent Matuku: Police have charged a man with the murder of Emma Field who died in a house fire in New Plymouth in May. The 31-year-old man was arrested today and charged with murder and arson, following the investigation into the fatal ... More >>
Unexplained Death, Whanganui
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 4:47 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can now name a woman who died in Whanganui on Monday 4 July. She was 59-year Sandra Frances Hepburn of Whanganui. Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death. We urge anyone who may have been in the Harrison Street area ... More >>
Investigation Following Suspicious Fire In Invercargill
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Police
Attributed to Detective Kerry Russell. Invercargill Police are investigating a suspicious fire that damaged a vacant house early this morning. Emergency services were called to the Morrell Street property just before 3.30am after being notified by a passer-by. ... More >>
Update: Police Shooting Kaiapoi
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Police
The man who was shot by Police in Kaiapoi on 25 June has now been charged in relation to the incident. A 56-year-old man has been charged with two counts of assault, threatening to kill, two counts of possessing an offensive weapon, resisting Police, being unlawfully ... More >>
Woman Charged For Supplying Cannabis To Students
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 12:42 pm | New Zealand Police
A 30-year-old woman who reportedly sold cannabis to high school students in Wairarapa is due in court next week charged with possessing cannabis for supply. Wairarapa Community Section yesterday executed a search warrant at a Greytown address where ... More >>
Arrests following Tauranga Historic Village fire
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 9:35 am | New Zealand Police
A 29-year-old man and a 33-year-old man have been arrested in relation to a fire at the Tauranga Historic Village last month. More >>
Police Seeking Occupants Of Vehicle In Whakamarama Homicide Investigation
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 3:18 pm | New Zealand Police
Bay of Plenty Police investigating the death of Eli Johnson in Whakamarama last month want to speak to the occupants of a vehicle in the area at the time. Mr Johnson, 27, died at a Whakamarama property on Sunday 12 June and a homicide investigation ... More >>
Warrants executed & drugs seized - Operation Cobalt
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 1:00 pm | New Zealand Police
Detective Inspector Bridget Doell, Whangārei CIB: Police have arrested three people with gang associations and seized drugs and ammunition as Operation Cobalt commences in Northland. Police executed search warrants at four Dargaville properties on Tuesday, ... More >>
Serious Crash, Bankwood Road, Chartwell, Hamilton - Waikato
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 12:44 pm | New Zealand Police
One person has died following a crash on Bankwood Road, Chartwell, Hamilton this morning. A second person has also received moderate injuries. The road is expected to remain closed for several hours while the Serious Crash Unit conducts its scene ... More >>
Operation Campbell Sees Police Thwart Major Methamphetamine Distribution Network
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 7:03 am | New Zealand Police
Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Holmes, National Clan Lab Manager: Police have arrested seven people and seized a myriad of methamphetamine, firearms, ammunition, and tens of thousands of dollars in cash, after a number of search warrants were ... More >>
Further Arrest In Whakatāne Homicide
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 6:13 am | New Zealand Police
Police have arrested a third man for the murder of 48-year-old Mark Hohua in Whakatāne. Mr Hohua died in hospital early on June 19 from injuries sustained the previous evening. A 34-year-old man is due to appear in Tauranga District Court tomorrow (July 6) charged ... More >>
