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Wairarapa Police Appeal To Driver
Friday, 22 May 2020, 11:54 am | New Zealand Police
Detective Senior Sergeant Barry Bysouth: A 42-year-old local man is in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital after he appears to have been struck by a vehicle near Carterton early this morning. Wairarapa Police are appealing for information ... More >>
Update: Search For Missing Tasman Trampers
Friday, 22 May 2020, 9:46 am | New Zealand Police
Extra resources will assist in the search for missing trampers Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds today. No heat or light sources were found by the Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter that searched inland from the Anatori River mouth overnight. ... More >>
Police Confirms Operating Guidelines For Places Of Worship
Friday, 22 May 2020, 8:35 am | New Zealand Police
Police has today confirmed its operating guidelines for staff enforcing potential breaches of Alert Level 2 restrictions at places of worship. The advice issued today updates interim guidelines provided to staff after Alert Level 2 came into force. ... More >>
Name Release - Crash, Kawarau River
Friday, 22 May 2020, 7:11 am | New Zealand Police
Police can now confirm the identity of the person found in a partially-submerged vehicle in the Kawarau River yesterday afternoon, following a crash that was discovered on Tuesday evening. He was 59-year-old John Robert Howard, of Queenstown. Further ... More >>
Murder Charges Laid In Relation To Hastings Death In April 2019
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 6:07 pm | New Zealand Police
Hawke's Bay Police have arrested and charged four people in connection with the death of Jermaine Ramos in Hastings in April 2019 Mr Ramos was found deceased at a residential property in Akina, Hastings on 1 April 2019. Three men - aged 41, 29 ... More >>
Update - Search For Missing Tasman Trampers
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 5:41 pm | New Zealand Police
Dion Reynolds Jessica O’Connor Police will begin utilising a Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter and crew tonight in the search for missing trampers Jessica O’Connor and Dion Reynolds A land search continued today supported by a drone with ... More >>
Police Seeking Information On Ashburton Assault
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 4:09 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are investigating an assault on a teenage girl, close to the Ashburton Walkway, near the Ashburton Dog Park on the afternoon of Monday 18 May. The victim was not injured and is being offered support. Enquiries are ongoing into the incident and ... More >>
Serious Crash On State Highway 1 In Bankside, Selwyn - Canterbury
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 3:24 pm | New Zealand Police
Emergency services are responding to a serious crash on State Highway 1 in Bankside, Selwyn. The three-vehicle crash that occurred along the Main South Road was reported at 2.15pm. Early reports indicate there are serious injuries. The road has been closed ... More >>
This Is How To Have A Good Night Out
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 12:29 pm | New Zealand Police
Police have released a video guide to having a good night out this weekend as the country enters its second week in Alert level 2. As of today, bars are able to re-open to the public with some restrictions still in place. Assistant Commissioner Richard ... More >>
Police Ten-7 Programme Appeals For Information Into Wellington Sexual Assaults
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 12:27 pm | New Zealand Police
As part of the investigation into two sexual assaults last November in Wellington, the Police Ten-7 Series will be screening an appeal for information this evening. On 30 November 2019, two women attended a party on Tasman Street, Mount Cook. The ... More >>
Update: Search For Dale Watene
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 11:10 am | New Zealand Police
Southland Police have located a body in the Longwood Forestry block. More >>
Update: Homicide Investigation, Rotorua
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 6:59 am | New Zealand Police
A 59-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Rotorua yesterday afternoon. He is due to appear in Rotorua District Court today. Police is not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident. A scene examination is ongoing ... More >>
Can You Help Us Find Floyd Boyland?
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 6:20 am | New Zealand Police
Police are asking for the public's help finding 31-year-old Floyd Boyland, who has been reported missing from the Boulcott, Lower Hutt area earlier today. Floyd was last seen between 10 and 11am today, and Police and his family have concerns for ... More >>
Homicide Investigation Launched, Rotorua
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 6:12 am | New Zealand Police
A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found dead at a residential address in Rotorua this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the property in Owhata about 4.45pm. On arrival, the body of a man was located. Police are speaking ... More >>
Update – Crash, Kawarau River
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 7:01 pm | New Zealand Police
Police can now confirm a body has been recovered following the crash on State Highway 6 near Victoria Flats Bridge yesterday The Police National Dive Squad located the body in the partially submerged vehicle this afternoon. We are yet to formally identify ... More >>
Wellington Police Urge Motorists To Drive Sober
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 6:35 pm | New Zealand Police
Wellington Police would like to remind motorists to focus on the roads and not drive impaired. “With bars reopening tomorrow, it’s timely to remind motorists that drinking and driving don’t mix,” Wellington District Road Policing Manager Inspector ... More >>
Crash: Centennial Highway, Ngauranga - Wellington
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 1:55 pm | New Zealand Police
Police are currently at a four-vehicle collision northbound on Centennial Highway, Ngauranga. Police were advised of the crash just before the Newlands off-ramp at about 12.37pm. There are no reports of injury however the incident is causing traffic ... More >>
Dive Team Searches For Crash Victims - Kawarau River
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 1:17 pm | New Zealand Police
The Police National Dive Squad has been deployed to help assist in the search for the occupants of the vehicle that crashed of State Highway 6 near Victoria Flats Bridge, near Queenstown. Motorists found crash debris on the side of State Highway ... More >>
Operation Quattro: Fourth Person Charged In Homicide Investigation
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 10:12 am | New Zealand Police
Police have charged a fourth person as the investigation continues into the murder of Bao Chang Wang, known as Ricky Wang. A 37-year-old man has been charged with Accessory after the fact to Murder and will be appearing today in the Waitakere District Court. ... More >>
Update - Search For Missing Tasman Trampers
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 8:54 am | New Zealand Police
The search continues this morning for the two missing trampers, Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds, both 23, who failed to return from the Kahurangi National Park. The pair are understood to have entered the Anatori River car park. They started ... More >>
