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Update: Lower Hutt homicide
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Wellington Field Crime Manager, Detective Inspector Jamie Woods: Wellington Police investigating the death of Nathaniel Sturmey in Lower Hutt last month are asking for...
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Auckland City Police investigating threatening emails
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin, Auckland City CIB: Police are aware of a number of threatening emails sent to various locations across Auckland this...
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State Highway 2 / Western Hutt Road blocked
Source: New Zealand Police The Western Hutt Road is blocked in northbound lanes following a crash. Police were notified of the crash about 10.45am. The crash, involving a vehicle and...
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House fire, Onehunga
Source: New Zealand Police Emergency services are attending a house fire on Trafalgar Street, Onehunga this morning. At around 7.20am, Police received reports of a house well involved in fire. ...
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Senior gang member arrested as Police seize meth, cash in Christchurch
Source: New Zealand Police A senior figure of Christchurch’s King Cobra chapter is among six people arrested by Police in an operation targeting the flow of Class A drugs into...
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Search operation underway for yachtie near Baring Head, Wellington
Source: Radio New Zealand Flightradar24 shows a Philip Rescue Helicopter left Palmerston North shortly before 7pm, circling the area before landing in Wellington at 8.30pm. Screenshot / Flightradar24 A search...
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Rescue operation underway for yachtie near Baring Head, Wellington
Source: Radio New Zealand Flightradar24 shows a Philip Rescue Helicopter left Palmerston North shortly before 7pm, circling the area before landing in Wellington at 8.30pm. Screenshot / Flightradar24 A man...
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Napier-Taupo Road down to one lane
Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 5 is down to one lane following a truck going off the road at Tarawera. It happened around 8pm, around halfway between Taupo and...
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Move-on orders bill passes first reading following heated debate
Source: Radio New Zealand Census data between 2018 and 2023 period showed a 37 percent increase of people living without shelter in Aotearoa New Zealand. RNZ / Nick Monro The...
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Too many barriers to hiring overseas teachers, secondary school principal says
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash/ Taylor Flowe The principal of a West Coast secondary school says there are too many barriers to hiring teachers who were trained or born overseas....
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Central Lower Hutt’s Queens Drive reopens after police incident
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Queens Drive in central Lower Hutt has reopened after an earlier incident. That incident had been resolved, police said. The road had...
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Central Lower Hutt’s Queens Drive closed as result of police incident
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Queens Drive in central Lower Hutt has been closed while police respond to an incident. Police aren’t providing details, but say there...
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Police warning after tourist convicted of painting scam
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Police are warning of scams from overseas visitors after a tourist from the UK swindled tens of thousands of dollars from a couple. It is...
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Move-on orders pass first reading
Source: New Zealand Government Legislation which provides Police with the power to issue move-on orders as a tool to deal with disorderly behaviour in public places has passed first reading...
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Road blocked, Queens Drive, central Lower Hutt
Source: New Zealand Police Queens Drive in central Lower Hutt is currently blocked while Police respond to an incident this evening. Police were called to the incident around 4.50pm. There...
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Duo charged over Tauranga fuel theft
Source: Radio New Zealand Police saw vehicles that had been broken into, alongside equipment used to siphon fuel. AFP or licensors Two men are due to appear in Tauranga District...
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Wairoa youth benefit from new funding partnerships
Source: New Zealand Government More than 80 Wairoa youth will be supported to re-engage with education or embark on the pathway to employment, through a joint Government and community funding...
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Whānau grieve mother and daughter who died in Christchurch house fire
Source: Radio New Zealand Rose-Maree, 23, and Sapphire-Hope, 3, died after a fire tore through their home. Supplied A heartbroken Christchurch family is mourning the loss of a 3-year-old with...
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Pair arrested after early morning burglary
Source: New Zealand Police Police have helped a pair to court after they were caught helping themselves in Epsom this morning. At around 4.24am, Police responded to a report about...
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Two in custody following overnight fuel siphoning incident, Tauranga
Source: New Zealand Police Two Tauranga men are due to appear in Court following a report of a fuel theft from a construction site. At around 11.35pm, Police were notified...
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Roadside drug tests rolling out nationwide
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Alexander Robertson Roadside drug tests are rolling out nationwide, as the government aims to crack down on impaired drivers. The new tests could detect...
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‘Think again’: Police send strong message to visitors scamming Kiwis
Source: New Zealand Police A visiting UK national finds himself in custody after scamming tens of thousands’ out of an Auckland couple for a fake paint job. The man’s associate,...
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Teen arrested after lucky escape in crash
Source: New Zealand Police A series of poor decisions resulted in one teenager’s arrest and a badly damaged vehicle. It could have ended so much worse. A Police unit patrolling...
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Car driven by 15-year-old hit train in police chase on wet night
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Richard Tindiller Two Christchurch police officers followed two stolen cars at speed in dark and wet conditions against policy, the Independent Police Conduct Authority...
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Twenty people arrested after investigation into alleged corruption within several prisons
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/Calvin Samuel Twenty people have been arrested following a major investigation that has spanned nearly a year into alleged corruption within several prisons. Detective Inspector Colin...
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Twenty arrests in corruption investigation
Source: New Zealand Police A complex Police investigation spanning nearly a year has unearthed alleged corruption and other criminal activity taking place within several corrections facilities. Twenty people have been...
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Child forced out of car during theft at Auckland supermarket
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called to Ponsonby’s Williamson Ave on Wednesday evening. (File photo) RNZ A man has been charged for allegedly stealing a car outside an Auckland...