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Canterbury Police Investigating Suspicious Approach
Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 4:53 pm | New Zealand Police
Canterbury Police are investigating an incident where children were approached by an unknown man in Wainoni. The incident was reported to police around 3:30 this afternoon. The man is described as a Caucasian male, in his thirties, with short brown hair ... More >>
New Developments In Bridget Simmonds Case
Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 4:35 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are now treating the disappearance of missing Northland woman Bridget Simmonds as suspicious. Police have been working tirelessly to find the 43-year-old mother of two since she was reported missing on March 6, 2019, and have today carried out More >>
Police Respond To Gang-related Incidents, Waikato
Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Police
Waikato Police District Manager: Criminal Investigations, Detective Inspector Graham Pitkethley Waikato Police are aware of a number of recent incidents involving gang members that have caused concern to the community. These include an aggravated burglary ... More >>
Appeal For Information Following Nelson Burglary
Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are seeking information from the public following a burglary at Women Beauty Spa on New Street, Nelson overnight on 29 May 2020. Approximately $20,000 of beauty products and equipment were taken in the burglary. Enquiries are ongoing to locate ... More >>
Witnesses Sought For Fatal Crash In Papatoetoe
Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Police
Counties Manukau Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash involving a vehicle and pedestrian in Papatoetoe on Monday. The incident occurred at around 3.40pm on Monday 8 June on Great South Road near Hunters Corner Plaza. Police can now name ... More >>
Warning To Parents Following Seizure Of Cannabis Oil Infused Edibles
Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Police
Lollies, chocolates and baked goods infused with the Class B controlled drug cannabis oil were seized during a search warrant in Hamilton last week. More >>
Police Appeal For Witnesses – Suspicious Fire, Tutamoe
Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 1:40 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire on Waoku Road in Tutamoe, north of Dargaville. A community hall was burnt to the ground overnight on March 7. Police were notified at around midnight. The hall was part of a community ... More >>
Missing 14-year-old, Canterbury
Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 1:38 pm | New Zealand Police
Canterbury Police are asking for the public’s help to locate missing Canterbury teenager Sapphire Growcott. Sapphire has been missing from her family home in Dallington since 5 June 2020. She is 160 cm tall and has shoulder-length purple hair. She was ... More >>
Fatal Crash, Wiri - Counties Manukau
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 8:23 pm | New Zealand Police
Emergency services are responding to a crash in Wiri. A vehicle collided with a parked car on Trevor Hosken Drive about 7pm. The driver died at the scene. Diversions are in place and the Serious Crash Unit has been notified. ENDS More >>
Appeal For Witnesses After Fatal Crash Near Whakatane
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are appealing for information following the fatal crash on White Pine Bush Road (SH2) between Awakeri and Taneatua, around 6:20pm on Saturday 6 June. One person died following the two-vehicle crash, and an investigation into the circumstances ... More >>
Armed Response Teams Will Not Continue
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 1:45 pm | New Zealand Police
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has today announced that Armed Response Teams (ARTs) will not be part of the New Zealand policing model in the future. The decision not to roll-out ARTs following the six-month trial (which finished in April) has ... More >>
Jucy Rental Theft Update - Police Recover 90 Vehicles, Charge 32 People
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 12:54 pm | New Zealand Police
Police investigating the theft of almost 100 Jucy rental vehicles in Counties Manukau have now recovered almost all of the stolen vehicles. Following enquiries with the rental company, Police have since established that 98 vehicles were stolen over the ... More >>
Pedestrian Dies Following Crash In Papatoetoe
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 10:58 am | New Zealand Police
Police can now advise that a male pedestrian has sadly died after being struck by a vehicle on Great South Road, Papatoetoe yesterday afternoon. Detective Senior Sergeant Kepal Richards, Counties Manukau CIB, says the male pedestrian was taken to hospital ... More >>
Further Search Warrants Executed On The West Coast
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 10:57 am | New Zealand Police
Police executed two search warrants yesterday in relation to ongoing investigations into organised crime, property offending, and methamphetamine supply across the West Coast. More >>
Serious Crash, Tapapa Road - Bay Of Plenty - Bay Of Plenty
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 8:53 am | New Zealand Police
Emergency services are responding to a serious crash on Tapapa Road, Tapapa. The single-vehicle collision occurred on Tapapa Road about 6:16am. Initial indications are that two people have been injured. More >>
Name Release: Fatal Crash, Palmerston North
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 7:19 am | New Zealand Police
Police can now confirm the names of the two people who died as a result of a vehicle collision on Napier Road in Palmerston North on 22 May. They were Casey Richard Hewitt, 27, and Cedric Charles Tanoa-Mora, 27, both of Palmerston North. We extend our sympathies ... More >>
UPDATE 2: Serious Crash, Papatoetoe
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 7:00 am | New Zealand Police
The driver thought to have been involved in the serious crash on Great South Road, Papatoetoe this afternoon has been located. They are assisting Police with enquiries. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is still urged to call Counties Manukau Crime ... More >>
Crash Involving Car And Pedestrian - Wellington
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 6:38 am | New Zealand Police
Police and ambulance are at the scene of a crash involving a car and a pedestrian in Petone. It happened around 6:15am near the Jackson Street/Hutt Road intersection, outside the Petone railway station. Initial indications are the pedestrian is seriously ... More >>
Driver Dies Following Coromandel Crash
Monday, 8 June 2020, 8:31 pm | New Zealand Police
A man has died following a crash in Coromandel yesterday. The single-vehicle crash occurred on The 309 Road at Preece Point about 6.40am. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle died in hospital today. His death will be referred to the Coroner. ... More >>
UPDATE: Serious Crash, Papatoetoe
Monday, 8 June 2020, 7:46 pm | New Zealand Police
Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Kepal Richards: Police are appealing for the public's assistance after a serious crash involving a car and a pedestrian on Great South Road, Papatoetoe about 3.40pm. The pedestrian, an 87-year-old man, ... More >>
