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River Road Near Clarkin Road Closed, Fairfield
Monday, 12 January 2026, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Police
Motorists are asked to use alternative routes and Police thank the public for their patience. More >>
Police Issue Water Safety Reminder After Two Fatal Water-Related Incidents
Monday, 12 January 2026, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Police
Eastern District Commander, Superintendent Jeanette Park says water safety is often overlooked by most, but extremely important especially at this time of the year. More >>
Serious Incident, Highbury, Palmerston North
Monday, 12 January 2026, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Police
Cordons are in place around Pioneer Highway, between Cardiff Street and Botanical Road. Members of the public are asked to avoid the area. More >>
Update On Investigation Into Deaths Of Two People, Pukehina
Monday, 12 January 2026, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are able to confirm that the death of the woman is being treated as suspicious, and the death of the man as unexplained. More >>
Quick Actions Lead To Arrests Following Aggravated Robbery
Monday, 12 January 2026, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Police
Detective Sergeant Syddall says quick reporting and detailed information provided to Police assisted in the swift arrests. More >>
Water-Related Incident At Lake Tikitapu/Blue Lake
Monday, 12 January 2026, 11:51 am | New Zealand Police
The man's body was located shortly after 1am on Saturday 10 January. More >>
Charges Laid Following Manurewa Homicide
Monday, 12 January 2026, 10:23 am | New Zealand Police
Emergency services were called to a Balfour Road address at around 11.10pm following reports a man had been shot. More >>
Police Urge Water Safety In Summer
Sunday, 11 January 2026, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Police
Nearly half of water fatalities are from accidental falls into the water, highlighting the importance of life jackets, and swimming and floating skills. More >>
Sudden Death, Taukiro
Saturday, 10 January 2026, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Police
The death will be referred to the Coroner. More >>
Sudden Death, Akaroa
Saturday, 10 January 2026, 4:13 pm | New Zealand Police
Drummond Wharf is currently cordoned off while emergency services work at the scene. More >>
Homicide Investigation Launched, Manurewa
Saturday, 10 January 2026, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Police
Police believe there is no ongoing risk to the public. More >>
Operation Brey: Homicide Investigation Into Baby’s Death
Friday, 9 January 2026, 5:07 pm | New Zealand Police
The baby was transferred to Starship Hospital where it was established he had suffered non-survivable injuries. More >>
Teen Takes Off Only To Land In Police Hands
Friday, 9 January 2026, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Police
At about 5.50pm last night, the officer who was approaching the Bombay off-ramp, observed a blue hatchback take off and overtake a number of vehicles along the shoulder of the road. More >>
Name Release – Fatal Crash, Timaru
Friday, 9 January 2026, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Police
He was 66-year-old Gary Kenneth Penman of Timaru. More >>
First College, Then Career
Friday, 9 January 2026, 11:40 am | New Zealand Police
Where are they now? Three former top award winners update us on life after graduation. More >>
Two Rescued After Jetski Breakdown Off Taranaki Coast
Friday, 9 January 2026, 9:52 am | New Zealand Police
Search and Rescue Incident Controller Constable David Bentley says the pair did the right thing by immediately calling for help. More >>
Fatal Crash: Waiohiki
Friday, 9 January 2026, 9:23 am | New Zealand Police
Police were called to the single vehicle crash southwest of Waiohiki at around 2:20am. More >>
Four Arrested After Shoplifters Tracked From North Shore To Auckland City
Friday, 9 January 2026, 8:27 am | New Zealand Police
At approximately 8:40pm, three offenders allegedly entered the store, with two stealing boxes of alcohol. When the store employee attempted to intervene, he was confronted by the offenders and additional associates. More >>
Quick Work By Public And Police Leads To Henderson Arrest
Friday, 9 January 2026, 8:25 am | New Zealand Police
Sergeant Rachael England said Police were called to a sports store about 3pm after staff confronted a woman who was allegedly trying to conceal nearly $200 of baseball caps. More >>
Fatal Crash: Kumeroa
Thursday, 8 January 2026, 5:51 pm | New Zealand Police
Police were called to the two-vehicle crash involving motorcycles, at the intersection of Gaisford and Oringi roads just before 2:30pm. More >>
