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Prepare For Traffic Disruption In Central Auckland This Weekend
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are aware of the potential for planned protests to cause some disruption to traffic this weekend in Tāmaki Makaurau. Locations that protesters are expected to gather, including Auckland Domain, will be monitored by Police. Police ask the ... More >>
Caution Urged When Swimming In The Waikato River
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 7:09 am | New Zealand Police
Hamilton Police are urging the public to use common sense if they are heading into the water this weekend, after being called to multiple rescues in the Waikato River in recent days. As the days get warmer, more and more people will be keen to head ... More >>
Two Arrests In Relation To Dunedin Robberies
Friday, 19 November 2021, 5:52 pm | New Zealand Police
Two men have today been arrested in relation to two aggravated robberies in Dunedin on Sunday 14 November. The two men, aged 29 and 34, will appear in Dunedin District Court tomorrow morning, facing a number of charges. Police would like to thank all ... More >>
Stronger Outcomes For All Ngāi Tahu Communities With Police-Ngāi Tahu Agreement
Friday, 19 November 2021, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Police
Police and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu have formalised our important relationship with the signing of an official partnership agreement. The agreement, signed at the Tamatea Marae today, formalises our commitment to each other and to work ... More >>
Compliance Update - 19 November
Friday, 19 November 2021, 1:30 pm | New Zealand Police
Tāmaki Makaurau, Northland and part of Waikato compliance update: Since Alert Level 3 came into place, 64 people have been charged with 73 offences in Tāmaki Makaurau, Northland, and parts of the Waikato, as at 5pm yesterday (Thursday ... More >>
Bay Of Plenty Police Seize Drugs And Firearms
Friday, 19 November 2021, 10:00 am | New Zealand Police
Police have seized firearms, ammunition, methamphetamine and cannabis following search warrants executed across the Eastern Bay of Plenty over the past week. Five search warrants were executed in Ōpōtiki, Ruatoki, Whakatāne and Kawerau by the ... More >>
“At The End Of The Day, You Are Putting People’s Lives At Risk” - Police Appeal To Put An End To Laser Strikes
Friday, 19 November 2021, 8:26 am | New Zealand Police
Police are issuing a stern warning about the dangers of pointing lasers at helicopters and other aircraft, including passenger planes. The warning comes as the number of laser strikes affecting Police helicopters and commercial aircraft continues to rise ... More >>
Crash, Reagan Road, Manukau - Counties Manukau
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 6:04 pm | New Zealand Police
Emergency services are responding to a three-vehicle crash on Reagan Road. One person is reported to have serious injuries. The road is blocked near the crash site and cordons are in place. Motorists are asked to avoid the area. More >>
Dogged Determination During COVID
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Police
Trained up, qualified and ready to go to work are nine new Police dog teams who will be working across Northland, Tāmaki Makaurau, Central District, Bay of Plenty and Canterbury after graduating from the New Zealand Police Dog Training Centre, ... More >>
Crash, Lewis Pass Road
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 11:27 am | New Zealand Police
Emergency services are responding to a crash on Lewis Pass Road, west of Hanmer Springs Road. Police were notified of the single-vehicle crash, involving a car towing a caravan, at about 10:20am. There are no reported injuires however the road is completely ... More >>
Police Acknowledge IPCA Report On Whanganui Incident
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 9:55 am | New Zealand Police
Police acknowledge an Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report released today that found the search and subsequent charging of a woman in Whanganui was justified. In September 2020 the woman was taken to Whanganui Police Station where she was searched ... More >>
Fatal Crash, Tawa
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 6:48 am | New Zealand Police
Police can confirm one person has died following a two car crash near Tawa. Emergency services were alerted to the crash on State Highway One at around 3:20am. State Highway One between Tawa and Porirua remains closed. Diversions are in place however motorists ... More >>
Body Believed To Be Missing Alexandra Man Located
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 6:47 am | New Zealand Police
Police have located a body in the Clutha River they believe to be missing Alexandra man Wayne Hammond. Police extend their deepest sympathies to Wayne’s loved ones. Sergeant Derek Ealson of Alexandra Police says the body’s identity is yet to be ... More >>
Swanson Homicide: Murder Charge Laid
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Police
Detective Inspector Aaron Proctor, Waitematā CIB: Police have laid an additional charge as part of the homicide investigation into the death of a man in Swanson over the weekend. Police are also now in a position to confirm the identity ... More >>
Further Arrest In Dunedin Homicide
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Police
Dunedin Police have made a further arrest in relation to a homicide investigation, which was launched after a body was located at a Glenleith property on 8 October 2021. A 47-year-old woman is due to appear in the Dunedin District Court today after ... More >>
Images Of Human Remains Captured At Pike River Mine
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Police
Today Police have notified the families of the 29 Pike River Mine victims that imagery work from the additional boreholes has captured two sets of human remains, plus a possible third. The images have been reviewed by Pathologists and were taken in the ... More >>
Operation Selena: 14 People Charged Following Joint Operation Into Drug Smuggling At Auckland Airport
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 12:54 pm | New Zealand Police
Fourteen people have been charged today following a joint operation by NZ Police and NZ Customs into the smuggling of methamphetamine into New Zealand, involving baggage handlers at Auckland Airport. Operation Selena commenced in relation ... More >>
Man Charged Following Fatal Crash
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Police
Rotorua Police have now charged a man in relation to a fatal vehicle crash on Te Ngae Road on 2 October. The single-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 11pm and one of the vehicle’s occupants later died in hospital. A 20-year-old Rotorua man ... More >>
Serious Crash, Hutt Road - Wellington
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 7:15 am | New Zealand Police
Police are responding to a serious crash on Hutt Road. A truck is reported to have overturned and be blocking the roundabout near Dowse Drive. One person is reported to have serious injuries. Traffic management is being put in place and motorists ... More >>
Incident - Bethells Beach
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Police
A person has died following an incident at Bethells Beach this afternoon. Shortly before 3.40pm, Police were notified that a person was in trouble in the sea. Eagle helicopter and local Surf Lifesavers were dispatched and a person was located in ... More >>
