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Good Samaritans sought following Massey assault
Source: New Zealand Police Waitematā Police are seeking a family of good Samaritans who went to the aid of a high school student when she was allegedly assaulted by two...
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Police investigating man’s injuries after assault and being hit by car in Hastings
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Sergeant Ryan Kemsley, Police are investigating an incident that has left a man with injuries in Hastings last night. At around 9.30pm, Police...
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Investigation shines light on dark web drug operation
Source: New Zealand Police A Police investigation has swooped in on allegedly one of New Zealand’s most prolific sellers of illegal drugs on the dark web. Operation Laver sees a...
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Auckland power cable ‘possibly’ intentionally damaged, causes diesel leak scare
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Police are speaking with two people after a diesel leak scare in the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa. Fire and Emergency...
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Neighbours want action on short-term rental party house after violent night
Source: Radio New Zealand A young person seriously injured after violence broke out at a party remains in hospital after surgery, and police say the incident was isolated, but neighbours...
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Update and appeal for information, Mt Albert disorder
Source: New Zealand Police Enquiries are continuing into the circumstances of the disorder incident in Mt Albert on Friday night. Detective Senior Sergeant Anthony Darvill says the behaviour of some...
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Persistent burglar sentenced, stolen property to benefit local charities
Source: New Zealand Police A local charity will now benefit from stolen property following the sentencing of a North Canterbury burglar in Christchurch District Court last week. Between March and...
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The House: Immigration changes to protect migrants but expand deportation
Source: Radio New Zealand Dual British or Irish New Zealanders have no exemption to the new UK border rule. RNZ /Gill Bonnett The Immigration (Enhanced Risk Management) Amendment Bill has...
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Police appeal for information following Christchurch aggravated robbery
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were urging anyone with information about the incident or the alleged offenders to come forward. RNZ / REECE BAKER Christchurch police are appealing for information...
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Speech to Project Auckland
Source: New Zealand Government Check against delivery Kia ora, and thank you so much for inviting me here today. It is great to be with you all. Can I start...
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Appeal for information following aggravated robbery, Hornby
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Detective Sergeant Rebecca Podmore, Christchurch Metro CIB: Christchurch Police investigating an aggravated robbery in Hornby last night are appealing to the public for information....
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$1.1 million in cannabis plants out of the community
Source: New Zealand Police Christchurch Police have taken around $1.1 million out of the hands of organised crime following an investigation targeting cannabis cultivation on a commercial scale. The operation’s...
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Traffic stop locates wanted man, bag of drugs
Source: New Zealand Police A standard night on the job landed Police a wanted man in possession of cocaine in Epsom last night. At about 10.40pm, officers stopped a Toyota...
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Police officer outpaces offender
Source: New Zealand Police Police have made three arrests for a burglary, including one offender who led an officer on a one-kilometre foot pursuit. On Thursday morning, The Waitematā Gang...
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Round of A-paws for the latest graduates
Source: New Zealand Police Police, Defence and Pacific enforcement agencies welcome new dog teams Deputy Police Commissioner Jill Rogers has acknowledged ten freshly trained handlers and their dogs at a...
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Prisoner reintegration founder’s ‘specified visitor’ status revoked after sexual allegations
Source: Radio New Zealand Billy Macfarlane stands outside Kohuora Auckland South Corrections Facility, a SERCO run high security men’s prison located at Wiri, in Auckland. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly The...
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District Court Judges appointed
Source: New Zealand Government Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of two new District Court Judges. The appointees, who will take up their roles in April and May at...
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Corrections ends Pūwhakamua prisoner reintegration contract after ‘serious sexual allegations’
Source: Radio New Zealand Billy Macfarlane stands outside Kohuora Auckland South Corrections Facility, a SERCO run high security men’s prison located at Wiri, in Auckland. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Corrections...
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Update: Common Room bar fight, Hastings
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Detective Sergeant Heath Jones, Hastings Criminal Investigation Branch: Hasting Police have arrested and charged a person in relation to a fight at the Common...
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Homelessness among older people at crisis levels, Christchurch Methodist Mission says
Source: Radio New Zealand Jill Hawkey. RNZ / Penny Smith The Christchurch Methodist Mission is warning that homelessness among older people is at crisis levels and that the situation is...
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Government getting advice on proposal to boost Marsden Point storage
Source: Radio New Zealand Shane Jones (front) descends from the top of a 27-metre-high fuel tank at Marsden Point. RNZ / Peter de Graaf The minister responsible for fuel security...
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Appeal for information following violent assault, Christchurch
Source: New Zealand Police Christchurch Police investigating a violent assault in the CBD are appealing for information from the public to assist in identifying the person pictured as we believe...
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Conflict – Israeli forces using Gaza playbook in Lebanon, decimating water infrastructure – Oxfam
Source: Oxfam Aotearoa Oxfam fears that Israel’s military blueprint of attacking water infrastructure, used throughout its genocide in Gaza, is now being rolled out across parts of Lebanon. Israeli forces are...
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NZ Drug Foundation – Alarming increase in low-level drug prosecutions undermining health efforts
Source: New Zealand Drug Foundation An alarming increase in drug possession charges is causing harm and undermining progress on health-based approaches, the Drug Foundation says. New Ministry of Justice data...
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Fatal crash, Leet Street, Invercargill
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Inspector Mike Bowman, Southland Area Commander: One person has died in a single vehicle crash early this morning. Shortly before 3am, Police signalled for...
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Police asking for information on park assault
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Paula Drewery, Taranaki Area Investigations Manager: Police investigating a serious assault in Stratford yesterday evening are asking the public for...
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Police appeal for witnesses after Hastings pub brawl leaves several injured
Source: Radio New Zealand Police want to identify the man in the fawn cap – the photo on the right shows him without the hat. Police/Supplied Police are looking for...