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Police updates – Invercargill meat theft, North Taieri and Hastings fatal accidents

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 19 July 2022. Name release, fatal crash, Pakowhai Road, Hastings Police are now in a position to confirm the...

Fatality following Palmerston house fire

Police can confirm a man has died following a fire at a residential property in Palmerston last night. Emergency services were alerted to the fire...

Man rescued from ute submerged in Waimea River

A man has been successfully rescued after his vehicle became submerged in the Waimea River earlier this morning. At around 6:30am Police were alerted to...

Fatal crash overnight near Moerewa

One person has died following a serious crash between a car and truck near Moerewa overnight. The crash occurred at 12.14am on State Highway 1. Police...

Police updates – Havelock North and Rotorua fatal crashes

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 9 July 2022. Name release - Fatal crash, Havelock North Police can now name the person who died following...

Update: Missing Maruia Falls swimmer

Police can now release the name of the man missing at Maruia Falls. He is Mikhail Buchanan, also known as Mikhail Anderson, 26, of Christchurch. “This...

Police open investigation into unexplained Redwood caravan death

An investigation is underway following the death of a person in Redwood overnight. The person was located in a caravan destroyed by fire early this...

Police updates – crashes in Ashhurst and Rotorua

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 3 July 2022. Update - serious crash, Ashhurst Police can confirm one person has died following the earlier two-vehicle...

Missing swimmer search at Maruia Falls continues

The search for the missing swimmer at Maruia Falls will continue over the weekend. Today members of Police staff and Land Search and Rescue volunteers...

Police recover body from Manukau Harbour

Police have recovered the body of a woman who was found submerged inside their vehicle in the Manukau Harbour yesterday afternoon. Emergency services responded to...

Police updates – Glen Eden homicide, Alexandra car thefts, Kau Bay death

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 28 June 2022. Update: Glen Eden homicide – fourth arrest made Waitematā Police have charged a woman in relation...

Picton crash – police formally release names of deceased

Police can now confirm the names of those who died in the road crash south of Picton last Sunday. They are Paul James Muir Brown,...

Fatal crashes – Northland and Karioitahi

Fatal crash - Karioitahi One person has died in a crash in Karioitahi, near Waiuku, today. At 8.30am today a caller reported seeing a car submerged...

Update – Search for swimmer, Maruia Falls

The search for a swimmer missing in the water at Maruia Falls, Shenandoah is continuing today. Police were notified at around 12:10pm on Friday after...

Police updates – fatal crashes in Okaihau & Kaitaia, Kakanui fleeing driver, Maruia Falls incident

Police updates on accidents and investigations for 24 June 2022. Fatal crash, Kaitaia One person has died following a two-vehicle crash near Clough Rd, Kaitaia. Two other...

Police updates – Waiinu and Turakina tragedies names released, climber’s body found on Banks Peninsula

Police updates on investigations and accidents for 20 June 2022. Body of climber found, Banks Peninsula Emergency services staff looking for a climber in the Banks...

Fatal crash near Picton – 7 confirmed dead

Seven people have died in this morning’s crash on State Highway 1 south of Picton. The crash, which happened about 7:30am, was a head-on crash...

Serious crashes overnight in North Island

Serious crashes overnight have kept emergency services busy in the North Island. Serious crash, Te Awamutu One person is in critical condition following a single vehicle...

Witness to Hamilton fatal crash identified

Police have identified the witness previously sought in relation to the fatal crash on River Road, Hamilton in April. Police were seeking the woman as...

Police seek witness to fatal Hamilton crash named ‘Michelle’

Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal crash in Hamilton in April. Emergency services we alerted to the two-car crash on River Road, Fairfield at...

UPDATE: Body found in Khandallah

Police are now in a position to confirm the name of the man found deceased in Odell Reserve in Khandallah yesterday. He was 42-year-old Damian...

Police updates – missing Chch teen, Waimakariri River deceased

Police updates for crimes and investigations for the morning of 8 June 2022. Fatal crash, SH 56, Palmerston North Police can confirm that a motorcyclist has...

Police updates – Waiinu beach, Pelorus river tragedies, IPCA report findings on Chch arrest

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 7 June 2022. Police acknowledge IPCA report - Christchurch Central Police Station Holding Cell Police acknowledges the findings of...

Update – missing man, Midhirst

Police searching for missing man Steven Walton located the body of a man at a Midhirst property last week. Formal identification has taken place and...

Train goes off the rails, killing four

A passenger train has gone off the rails in the German southern state of Bavaria. A regional passenger train heading to the city of Munich...

Police updates – Operations Dairyland and Lithium, Whangarei drug bust

Police updates on crimes and investigations for the morning of 4 June 2022. Police recover body from Pelorus River, near Havelock Police have recovered the body...

Kiwi Piata Tauwhare found dead in Welsh tanning salon

30 year old Piata Tauwhare, a kiwi living near Swansea in Wales with her husband has died in a tanning salon. The incident happened on...

Police updates – Fatal Tapapa crash, Wainuiomata ram raid burglary

Police updates on crimes and investigations for the morning of 3 June 2022. SH5, Tapapa, South Waikato Police can confirm one person has died following a...

Watch: Bystanders Take Selfies of Man on Fire Believing It to Be Street Performance

It is unclear what prompted the man to risk his life, as police are yet to reveal further details. The man was saved by a...

Police updates – Bay of Plenty weather warning, St. Bathans fatal incident

Updates on police investigations for the afternoon of 30 May 2022. Fatal crash, Palmerston North Police can confirm that one person has died following a two...

Police updates – Feilding light aircraft crash, missing Maraenui teen

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 30 May 2022. Person dies following small aircraft crash The occupant of a small aircraft that crashed at Feilding...

Fatal and serious crashes – Riverhead, Whakatane, Gordonton

Police updates on serious and fatal crashes around the country since yesterday. Name release, fatal crash, Gordonton Police are now in a position to name the...

Police investigate unexplained death in Roy Clements Treeway, Mt Albert

Police are investigating the death of a man in Mount Albert yesterday. The man’s body was located near the Roy Clements Treeway at about...

Fatal crashes in Meanee, Otaki and Ohaupo

Police have released information relating to three recent fatal vehicle accidents. Fatal crash, Meeanee Police can confirm a man has died following a single vehicle fatal...

Police updates – deceased Wairoa Kayaker, fatal Waverley quad bike accident

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 17 May 2022. Name release - quad bike crash, Waverley Police can now release the name of the man...

Supermarket massacre probed as hate crime

Teenage suspect Payton Gendron pleads not guilty after mass shooting livestreamed on Twitch. An 18-year-old suspect was detained without bail on first-degree murder charges following...

Watch: Airliner bursts into flames during takeoff

Dozens injured while fleeing the burning jet in southwest China. A passenger plane caught fire as it took off from an airport in southwestern China,...

Fatal train crash in Austria

The incident happened close to the Austrian capital of Vienna. A train derailed on Monday around the town of Munchendorf, just south of the Austrian...

Four fatalities following serious crash – Tāneatua Road, Tāneatua

Police can confirm that four people have died following a serious crash involving two vehicles on Tāneatua Road, Tāneatua at 3pm. Three adults and one...

Police updates – Missing Hamilton woman, SH7 crash witness appeal

Police updates for 1 May 2022. Hamilton Police appeal for sightings of missing woman Hamilton Police are wanting to urgently locate 67-year-old Barbara Police and her family...

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