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Fatal crash on rural property near Tīrau
Source: New Zealand Police One person has died following a vehicle rolling on a rural property in Piarere, near Tīrau. Emergency services were called to the scene around 5:15pm. WorkSafe...
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Significant arrests in Hawke’s Bay for retail theft
Source: New Zealand Police A team tackling retail crime across Hawke’s Bay has arrested two people for significant theft. On Tuesday 16 December a vehicle pulled into a loading bay...
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Profile of killer released weeks after death of Hastings woman
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver Police say a woman found dead in October was murdered in a targeted act of violence by someone known to her. Teishallia...
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Police seize illicit vapes, drugs, guns and Ferraris
Source: New Zealand Police Police investigating the ill-gained proceeds of a criminal’s drug-selling activities across the North Island have this week seized expensive vehicles, cash, guns, drugs and thousands of...
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Seventy-seven new cops on the beat
Source: New Zealand Police Seventy-seven new hats flew into the air as wing 391, the final graduating police wing of 2025, celebrated the end of their initial training from the...
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Police release details on offender in Teishallia Te Paea homicide investigation
Source: New Zealand Police Police investigating the murder of 37-year-old Teishallia Te Paea in Camberley in October are hoping an offender profile released today will help identify them. Emergency services...
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Struggle with cliffside rescue ‘tip of the iceberg’, firefighters says
Source: Radio New Zealand Only police can authorise an air ambulance under current rules. File photo. Supplied / Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust The career firefighters’ union says a delay getting...
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Police welcome new dog teams for Christmas
Source: New Zealand Police After several weeks of training, two front line Patrol Dog teams and two Detector Dog teams celebrated today at a ceremony formally recognising their graduation to...
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Police seek public help after ‘disturbing instance of extreme violence’ critically injures person
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver Hutt Valley Police are investigating what they are calling a disturbing instance of extreme violence, which has left someone with critical injuries....
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Ice avalanche likely killed Aoraki/Mount Cook climbers – police
Source: Radio New Zealand Plateau Hut on Aoraki/Mount Cook. Supplied / DoC A pair of climbers missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook are believed to have died in a large ice avalanche,...
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Fatal workplace incident, Te Kouma
Source: New Zealand Police One person has died after an incident involving a commercial mower in Te Kouma, Coromandel today. Emergency services were called to the scene on Te Kouma...
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Hutt Valley Police continue to investigate serious assault
Source: New Zealand Police Hutt Valley Police are continuing to investigate a serious assault that left a person with critical injuries. At around 5am on Wednesday 10 December, Police received...
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Sabre Peak climber Connor Scott McKenzie: A statement on behalf of the family
Source: New Zealand Police Police supporting the Coroner investigation into the death of Connor Scott McKenzie are issuing a statement on behalf of the family. They ask media to respect...
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Search for missing climbers called off
Source: New Zealand Police Two climbers missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook are not believed to be alive, after search teams found evidence they had been caught a large ice avalanche. The...
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Search continues for Mitchell Cole, Ruatiti
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Inspector Gerard Bouterey, Field Crime Manager, Central District CIB: Police continuing to search for a man in relation to the double homicide...
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Wanted: Information on stolen art piece
Source: New Zealand Police Police are asking the public to keep an eye out for a unique art piece stolen during a burglary in west Auckland. The Waitematā West Tactical...
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Popular North Island walking tracks closed as police search for wanted man
Source: Radio New Zealand The Mangapurua and Kaiwhakauka tracks had been closed (file image). 123rf A pair of major cycling and walking tracks in the central North Island are closed...
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Police abandon man’s yacht – and home – at sea after call for help
Source: Radio New Zealand The vessel was found more than 10 nautical miles at sea. 123rf A man who had allegedly just been stabbed lost his yacht – also his...
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Police Commissioner Richard Chambers – provisional appointments of three Assistant Commissioners
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Police Commissioner Richard Chambers: I am very pleased to announce Superintendent Jeanette Park (Eastern District Commander), Superintendent Corrie Parnell (Wellington District Commander) and...
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Burglar comes a cropper
Source: New Zealand Police A burglar bogged down during his escape efforts on a west Auckland farm will face court today. Police responded to a burglary reported in Henderson Valley...
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Police acknowledge IPCA finding into arrests at sea
Source: New Zealand Police Police acknowledge the IPCA’s finding in relation to a yacht which was abandoned following two arrests at sea. On 2 December 2024 Police received a report...
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Two people injured after gun fired in Gore
Source: Radio New Zealand St John says it dispatched multiple ambulances to the scene. ST JOHN NZ Police say two people have suffered injuries after a gun was fired in...
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Fatal crash, Flemington
Source: New Zealand Police One person has died following a single vehicle crash south of Flemington last night. Emergency services received reports of the crash on Ngawaka Road at around...
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Police officers spat at, called paedophiles in wake of Jevon McSkimming scandal
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming RNZ / Mark Papalii Police officers have been spat at and called paedophiles, child abusers and kiddie fiddlers since Jevon McSkimming’s...
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Update on Gore firearms incident
Source: New Zealand Police Police are continuing to investigate a firearms incident in Gore yesterday that left two people injured. Shortly before 8pm Police were called to a house on...
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Two people reported injured after gun fired in Gore
Source: Radio New Zealand St John says it dispatched multiple ambulances to the scene. ST JOHN NZ Police say two people have reportedly suffered injuries after a gun was fired...
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Police refused use of rescue chopper because they wrongly thought teenager was dead
Source: Radio New Zealand Only police can authorise an air ambulance under current rules. File photo. Supplied / Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust Firefighters begged police for a helicopter to help...