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State Highway 36 (Pyes Pa Road) blocked by crash
Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 36 (Pyes Pa Road) near Tauranga is blocked following a crash earlier this afternoon. At around 3.10pm Police received a report that a car...
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Nark: Guards cast doubt on Ross Appelgren’s involvement in deadly prison beating
Source: Radio New Zealand Poremoremo Prison guard Mark Anthony Mark Anthony Two prison guards have spoken for the first time about a prisoner’s confession that Ross Appelgren was not responsible...
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Police seeking information, CCTV after alleged shooting in Chartwell, Waikato
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called to a property on Sapphire Place in Chartwell, at about 11.50pm on Thursday to reports a man had been shot. RNZ / Patrice...
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Gang president arrested in Auckland Airport drug sting
Source: Radio New Zealand Twenty search warrants were carried out across the Auckland region on Thursday. LDR / Stuff / Stephen Forbes Police have made further arrests in attempts to...
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Improving access to the Public Safety Network for more Emergency Responders
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is strengthening New Zealand’s Emergency Responder capability by creating a new entity, and expanding the mandate of Next Generation Critical Communications, announced Emergency Management...
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Information sought on shooting – Sapphire Place, Hamilton
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute the following to Detective Senior Sergeant Reece Durston: Waikato Police investigating a firearms incident overnight are seeking information from the public where a man...
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Operation Matata: Significant Police-Customs investigation unravels smuggling syndicate at air border
Source: New Zealand Police Police are laying nearly 200 criminal charges against gang associates, who are allegedly facilitators in a criminal syndicate smuggling illicit drugs aboard international flights. This week’s...
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Man wielding hedge trimmer blade who trapped woman, baby was ‘violent and not rational’ – witness
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called to reports of a man armed with a blade from a pair of hedge trimmers, who had trapped a woman and her baby...
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Watch live: Latest announced in crackdown on airport staff importing drugs
Source: Radio New Zealand Police and Customs are set to reveal the latest in a crackdown on staff helping import drugs at Auckland International Airport. Operation Matata has been focused...
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Creating a thriving Auckland city centre
Source: New Zealand Government Families, workers, visitors and businesses will benefit from a new action plan to ensure Auckland’s city centre is a safe, welcoming, and vibrant place, Auckland Minister...
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Media advisory: Joint stand-up on Operation Matata
Source: New Zealand Police Media are invited to a joint media stand-up with Police and Customs for an update on Operation Matata. The joint investigation has been targeting the importation...
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Police arrest man following spree of offending
Source: New Zealand Police An Auckland man faces serious charges after a dangerous dash across the city and attempting to steal two vehicles. The man’s hatchback had come to Police...
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Have you seen Tracey?
Source: New Zealand Police Counties Manukau South Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Tracey. The 14-year-old has been reported missing from her Conifer Grove home. Police believe Tracey...
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Police outwit fleeing burglar
Source: New Zealand Police A change of clothes failed to change the outcome for an alleged burglar in Manurewa this morning. Just after 3am, Counties Manukau Central Police received a...
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Dunedin man charged with arson over Waikaia fire from almost two years ago
Source: Radio New Zealand The fire which took place at a home on Elswick Street on 21 February 2024. Police / supplied A man has been charged with arson in...
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Man charged in relation to Waikaia fire
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Sergeant Brian McKinney, Gore CIB: A man has been charged in relation to a suspicious house fire in Waikaia last year. Just...
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Celebrating Hāpori Manawaroa ki Murihiku and the Southern Resilience to Organised Crime in Communities Work Programme
Source: New Zealand Police On Thursday 27 November the Murihiku community came together at Invercargill’s ILT Stadium to celebrate Hāpori Manawaroa ki Murihiku, the Southern Resilience to Organised Crime in...
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33kgs of cocaine seized at Port of Tauranga
Source: Radio New Zealand Thirty-three kilograms of cocaine were seized at the Port of Tauranga. Supplied NZ Customs Thirty-three kilograms of cocaine – with a street value of around $11.5...
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Fatal crash, SH1, Kaikoura
Source: New Zealand Police One person has died after a serious crash near Waipapa Bay, Kaikoura this morning. Police were called to crash involving a motorcycle at around 10am. One...
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Man wielding hedge trimmer blade threatens mum and baby, tasered by police
Source: Radio New Zealand The bus stop on Cockayne Rd in Kandallah where the incident took place. Krystal Gibbens The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) says Wellington police were justified...
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Fears thousands of medicinal cannabis users set to be caught out in new drug-driving laws
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / NZ Police A medicinal cannabis clinic founder says hundreds of thousands of legal users could be affected by new drug-driving laws. Police will begin...
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Surfer catches lucky break
Source: New Zealand Police A surfer caught more than just waves at Piha Beach on Tuesday after getting dragged out to sea. Around 8pm a man reported to Police that...
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Road blocked, SH1, Kaikoura
Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 1 is blocked following a serious crash near Waipapa Bay, Kaikoura this morning. Police were called to the single vehicle crash involving a motorcycle...
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Police acknowledge IPCA findings regarding Wellington incident
Source: New Zealand Police Police acknowledge and accept the findings of the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) into the deployment of tasers by three officers in Wellington in January 2025....
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Inquiry into handling of the Tom Phillips case announced by government
Source: Radio New Zealand An inset of Tom Phillips at one of his campsites. RNZ / Supplied / Police The government has announced an inquiry into the handling of the...
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Man charged over stabbing in Auckland
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver A man has been charged after handing himself in at a police station, over a stabbing in the Auckland suburb of Henderson...
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Crash, SH2, Melling
Source: New Zealand Police A crash involving a motorcycle and car has blocked the southbound lanes of State Highway 2 at Melling. The crash happened on Western Hutt Road, just...