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Albany crash – person dies

Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in Albany this morning. Emergency services responded to the crash involving a vehicle and a...

Explosions, fire near Newmarket railway station

Witnesses first reported hearing explosions around 1.30pm before a fire started in the basement carpark of the complex. Several FENZ crews attended the incident. The cause...

Human remains found on Petone beach identified as those of missing local man

Police have now identified human remains found on Petone Beach in Wellington on 25 March. DNA analysis has confirmed the remains are those of missing...

Person dies following water incident off South Dunedin coast

One person has been located deceased following a water-related incident, approximately 18km off the coast of South Dunedin. Around 1.55pm, Police received a report that...

Fatal crashes leave 6 six dead

A spate of fatal vehicle accidents in the last 12 hours has left six people dead. Motorists are encouraged to check the NZTA website for...

Milk tanker spill in Brydone, Southland

Emergency services are currently in attendance on SH1 near Nicholson Road, Brydone, Southland, after milk has spilled from a tanker. The road is expected to...

National MP Tim van de Molen confirms death of sister in quad bike accident

The MP for Waikato made a statement today via his Facebook page. His sister Katrina Houghton died in the accident on a Waikato farm near...

Police updates – fatal crash Waimauku, South Auckland missing woman

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 14 April 2023. Fatal crash - SH16, Waimauku Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in...

Easter holiday period ends with one road death

One person has died on the roads during the Easter holiday period. While this is lower than last year's Easter period, Police are reminding motorists...

Ngaruawahia crash – police seek witnesses

Police are appealing for information from anyone who may have witnessed a serious crash that occurred yesterday morning (Saturday 8 April), at the intersection...

Gulf Harbour incident: ‘Be prepared out on the water this Easter weekend’ – police

Three people had a lucky escape when their boat sank near Gulf Harbour yesterday afternoon. The trio were on their first trip out in the...

Police updates – Rangiora crash, Hobsonville missing person

Police updates on crimes and investigations for Good Friday 2023. Update on missing Hobsonville man Police can advise that the 83-year-old man reported missing from Hobsonville...

Foxton missing person located deceased

The 44-year-old man reported missing in Foxton on 11 March has been located deceased. The death is not considered suspicious and will be referred to...

Police investigating fatal Kaitaia crash involving pedestrian

Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in Kaitaia on Friday 31 March. Emergency services responded to reports of the...

Police updates: Jacks Point fatality, Three Kings crash

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 1 April 2023. UPDATE – Serious crash, Three Kings Police can confirm a person has died following a crash...

Watch: Tesla catches fire on Auckland Harbour Bridge

The vehicle was travelling north when the combustion was captured on video by another road user. Emergency services attended the fire last night at around...

Mt. Albert crash – police appeal for witnesses

Auckland Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash in Mt Albert earlier this month. The two-vehicle crash, involving a motorbike and a car at...

Fatal work incident – Jacks Point

Police can confirm a person has died following an incident in Jacks Point yesteday afternoon. Shortly before 3pm emergency services responded to a workplace incident...

Police updates – Fatal crashes in Hastings & Te Awamutu, Mangamahu workplace death

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 27 March 2023. Fatal crash, Maraekakaho Road, Hastings Police can confirm one person has died in hospital following a...

Police updates – fatal vehicle incidents Ngaruawahia, Tuakau and Wellington

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 26 March 2023. Fatality, Ngaruawahia Police can confirm a person has died after being struck by a vehicle on...

Sailors rescued after whale sinks ship

About 1,200 collisions between whales and vessels have been recorded since 2007. A crew of four sailors have recounted the sinking of their boat and...

Appeal for information to identify Henderson fatality – UPDATED

Police are appealing for help to identify a person located deceased in a waterway near Edmonton Road, Henderson shortly before 10am yesterday. At this time...

Police updates – Stewart Island missing person, Glendhu Bay death

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 4 March 2023. Missing man located - Stewart island The man missing on Stewart Island has been found by...

Taita fatal crash – police seek witnesses

Police can confirm one person has died following a two-vehicle collision on Molesworth Street, Taitā yesterday afternoon. The crash was reported at 4.47pm and involved...

Police urgently seek witnesses to fatal incident in Beachhaven

Police are urgently appealing for witnesses to a fatal incident at the intersection of Tramway Road and Beachhaven Road this evening. Emergency services were called...

Horror train crash kills dozens in Greece

The collision between a freight and passenger train in Greece stoked a blaze with people trapped inside overturned cars. More than 110 people have been...

Fatal train incident – Aorangi, Manawatu

One person has died after being struck by a train in Aorangi, south of Fielding, yesterday. Emergency services responded to the incident, near Waughs Road,...

Fatal crash in Southland overnight

One person has died in a single car crash in Southland overnight. Emergency services were called to North Makarewa Grove Bush Road near the intersection...

Fatal crash in Ahipara

One person has died following a crash in Kaitaia on Thursday evening. Police responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash on Roma Road, Ahipara, around...

Glen Eden train incident

One person has died after being struck by a train in Glen Eden this morning. Emergency services are currently responding to the incident, near Glenview...

Enquiries underway after police car crashes into bus in Lower Hutt

Police are making enquiries after a crash in Lower Hutt this morning involving a patrol car and a bus. The crash occurred at the intersection...

Canterbury Police frustrated at driver behaviour

Canterbury Police are frustrated at the number of motorists observed crossing the centre line on a stretch of highway in North Canterbury. Over a two-hour...

Serious Crash involving cyclist – Te Atatū Road, Auckland

Diversions are in place on Te Atatū Road, between McLeod Road and Divich Avenue, following a serious crash. The crash between a vehicle and a...

Fatal microlight crash in Stratford

Police can confirm the sole occupant of a microlight has died following a crash in Stratford earlier today. Police were notified of the crash at...

Name release, body recovered near Kāpiti Island

Police can name the person located deceased in the water near Kāpiti Island on 25 January. He was 69-year-old Philip Lucas of Palmerston North, who...

Raetihi crash – third person dies

A third person has died following a fatal crash in Raetihi yesterday. It happened on State Highway 4, about 12pm Monday. Two other people died at...

Watch: Major blaze hits Buddhist temple in Australia

Dozens of firefighters have been deployed to the popular place of worship in Melbourne. A Buddhist temple in Melbourne, Australia was completely engulfed by a...

Fatal crash, SH50, Central Hawkes Bay

Emergency services are responding to a single motorcycle crash on State Highway 50, Central Hawkes Bay around 2:15pm. Sadly, one person has died at the...

Fire kills 75,000 egg laying hens in Waikato

The fire was reported at 7.40am this morning by a staff member and is now under control. Damage to the hen farm operated by Zeagold...

Kiwi teen killed in Austrian avalanche named

He was 17 year old Will Cookson. Cookson was a champion skier from Canterbury, winning the U16 New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour series in 2021...

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