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Fatal water incidents – Narrow Neck and Manly

Fatal water incident, Narrow Neck Beach One person has died following a water-related incident near Auckland's Narrow Neck Beach. Around 4.30pm, emergency services received a report...

Body recovered in search for missing swimmer in Glenorchy

The man missing in the water at Glenorchy has been located deceased by the Police National Dive Squad. The Dive Squad recovered the body this...

Search continues for person missing in water at Glenorchy

Today Police will resume the search for the person reported missing in the water at Glenorchy yesterday. The Police National Dive Squad are expected to...

Police updates – Remuera incident, Havelock North arrest

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 19 January 2023. Serious incident - Remuera Police are in attendance at an incident on Orakei Road, Remuera, which...

Man dies in water-related incident, Coroglen

Police can confirm a man has died in a water-related incident overnight in Coroglen, Coromandel. The death will be referred to the Coroner.

Opoutere Beach – search continues for missing person

The shoreline and water-based search will continue today at Opoutere Beach, and a fixed-wing aircraft will also search the area from the air. 'Police ask...

Opoutere Beach incident – 1 person dead, another missing

A search is ongoing for a swimmer missing at Opoutere Beach, north of Whangamatā. Emergency services were alerted by individuals who saw a group of...

Kaiwaka house fire – body recovered

Police have recovered a body at the scene of a fire in Kaiwaka this afternoon. Emergency services were notified of the fire at a residential...

Opoutere Beach – police responding to serious water incident

Emergency services are responding to a serious water incident at Opoutere Beach, north of Whangamatā. Police received a report that a number of people were...

Whangamata water-related death

Police can confirm a man has died at Whangamata last night. Emergency services responded to a report of a man missing in the water, near...

Video of air hostess before take-off on fateful Air Yeti flight surfaces online

Oshin Ale was a popular Tik Tokker in Nepal. The video which reportedly was posted the day of the flight shows Ale smiling at the...

Police release name of Tahunanui Beach deceased

Police can now release the name of the man who died at Tāhunanui Beach on Sunday evening. He was 43-year-old Stephen Mark Taylor, of Tāhunanui. The...

Police warn motorists not to use cellphones while driving

Police identified 51 drivers using cellphones while driving, over a two-hour period yesterday near the Arras Tunnel, Wellington. Infringements were issued to drivers that were...

Watch: Chemical plant destroyed in explosion

An unknown number of people were wounded in a blast that leveled the petrochemical facility in China. A powerful explosion rocked a chemical plant in...

Name release – Lake Wakatipu

Police can now name the man who died at Lake Wakatipu on 13 January. He was Linkin Kisling, aged 48, from Wānaka.

Fatality following water-related incident, Tāhunanui Beach, Nelson

Police can confirm that a 43-year-old man has died at Tāhunanui Beach this evening. Emergency services responded to a report of a person unresponsive in...

Passenger aircraft crashes in Nepal

The Yeti Airlines flight had 68 passengers and four crew members on board, the airline said. A Yeti Airlines ATR 72 plane with 68 passengers...

Twizel crash – body recovered

A body has been recovered in the water near Ōhau B Canal Bridge on State Highway 8 (Twizel-Ōmarama Road), where a car crashed this...

Police updates – Lake Wakatipu search, Twizel car crash

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 15 January 2023. Update - Lake Wakatipu search A man missing in Lake Wakatipu was yesterday located deceased by...

Fatal crash – Pukekohe East Road

Police can now advise that one person has died following a crash on Pukekohe East Road this afternoon. The crash involved a truck and a...

Body found, Warea, Taranaki

Yesterday afternoon the body of a surfer has been found on a beach in Warea, South Taranaki. While formal identification is yet to be completed,...

Police updates – Glenorchy and Kaitoke water incidents, Paeroa medical emergency

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 13 January 2023. Name release - Kaitoke Regional Park water incident Police are now in a position to name...

Fatal crash Hunua

One person has died following a single vehicle crash on Hunua Road. The crash was reported at around 10.40am and sadly the sole occupant of...

Fatal crash, Glamorgan Drive, Torbay

Police can now confirm one person had died in a serious crash on Glamorgan Drive, Torbay. Police were alerted to the crash around 6.15pm last...

Police name Orewa fatal vehicle incident victim

Police are now in a position to name the person who died following a vehicle incident on Florence Avenue in Orewa. He was 41-year-old Joseph...

North Canterbury death not suspicious – police

Police making enquiries into the death of Chad Puru in Balcairn, North Canterbury, on 3 January have now determined it is not considered suspicious. His...

Fatality following incident in Orewa

Police can confirm that a person has died in hospital yesterday evening, after being critically injured in an incident involving a vehicle in Florence...

Police updates – Fatal crashes Hastings and Sefton

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 7 January 2023. Name release – Fatal crash, Rangiora Leithfield Road, Sefton Police can now release the name of...

Watch: Shocking footage of cliff swing breaking

The viral video showed a cliff-side tourist swing break, throwing the occupants over the edge. The incident happened in the Sulak Canyon in Dagestan, Russia...

Police updates – Arrest in Karaka incident, Gisborne and Timaru fatal accident name releases

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 6 January 2023. Update - Incident on Batty Road, Karaka One person has been charged, following an incident on...

Police confirm death of infant in Whanganui

At around 3.30pm yesterday Police attended an incident on a private property in Westmere, near Whanganui. An infant has died in what appears to have...

Two ABC news producers ‘die suddenly’ in the same week

Legacy US mainstream media outlet reeling from the unexpected deaths of two young staffers. 37 year old Dax Tejera died of a heart attack on...

9 year old Gold Coast chopper accident survivor wakes from coma

Leon De Silva had been in a coma since the collision on Monday afternoon. Media reports say the boy has woken up and is in...

Tuakau fatal crash – update

Police can now confirm that one person has died following a serious crash on Buckland Road, near Tuakau yesterday. The crash occurred at about 4.20pm. One...

Summer holiday road deaths ‘an absolutely tragic period for New Zealanders’

The official holiday period has ended with a preliminary total of 21 deaths and a number seriously injured from crashes on our roads. “Our thoughts...

Fatal crash Ahipara, Far North

Two people have died and another person is in critical condition following a crash in Ahipara in the Far North. A single vehicle hit a...

Rally legend Ken Block dies following snowmobile accident

The former Top Gear star was aged 55. Hoonicorn Racing posted a tribute to Block on Instagram. 'It’s with our deepest regrets that we can confirm...

British couple among four killed in Gold Coast helicopter crash

The 57 year old woman and 65 year old man were married and have been named by media as Diane and Ron Hughes from...

Police reassure public following death in Clive

People in the vicinity of Allens Lane in Clive, Hawke’s Bay will have seen some activity by emergency services around an address there for...

Appeal for witnesses of Gisborne crash to come forward

Police investigating the crash on Back Ormond Road, Gisborne, on January 31 are appealing for witnesses to come forward. Initial enquiries have determined the two...

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