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Bodies recovered following accident in Peria

Police can confirm two people are deceased, following an incident involving an ATV-style vehicle in Peria, Northland. The ATV rolled into a swimming hole in...

Fatality following earlier Russell crash

Police can advise that one person has died following an earlier crash near Russell this morning. The single vehicle crash occurred on Russell Whakapara Road...

Fatal crash – Kaimai

Police can now confirm one person has died in a crash on State Highway 29, Lower Kaimai. The two-vehicle crash happened shortly before 12:15pm yesterday. A...

Star of Oscar-winning ‘Parasite’ found dead

Police were called to search for South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun after a ‘suicide-like note’ was found at his home. South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun,...

Fatal crash: Marokopa

Yesterday, a woman was located deceased following an incident involving a quad bike in Marokopa in the afternoon. Emergency services were called to Rauparaha Street...

Body located in Muriwai area

Police can advise a man has been located deceased in the Muriwai area. The body was discovered by a member of the public on the...

Police updates – water safety message, Rhythm and Alps Festival

Police updates for 27 December 2023. Stay safe in the water As the weather warms up, many of us flock to New Zealand’s beautiful beaches, lakes...

Fatal crash, Ashburton

Police can advise one person has died following a single vehicle crash on Methven Highway, Allenton, Ashburton overnight. Emergency services were notified around 12:45am and...

Water incident, Marlborough

One person has died following a water incident in Marlborough overnight. Police were notified at 7:44 this morning that a person was missing from a...

Police updates – fatal crashes Waimate North & Waipatu, missing diver Ahipara

Police updates on crimes and investigations for the morning of Christmas Eve 2023. Fatal crash, Waimate North Police can advise one person has died following a...

Serious crash, SH25, Coromandel Peninsula

State Highway 25 is closed between Hikuai and Whangamatā, while emergency services respond to a serious crash. The crash involving a car and a motorcycle...

Fatal crash, South Road, Warea, South Taranaki

Police can now confirm one person has died following a crash on South Road, Warea, South Taranaki this morning. The motorcycle crash was reported to...

Fatality following water related incident, Far North

Police can confirm a person has died following a water-related incident in the Far North yesterday evening. Emergency services responded to reports of a missing...

Do you recognise this dog?

Police have rescued a German Shepherd from the scene of a crash on the Āwhitu Peninsula and are seeking its owner. At around 4.42am this...

Fatal crashes – Pyes Pa Road and SH30

Fatal crashes have been reported in the last 24 hours, in two Bay of Plenty locations. Fatal crash, Pyes Pa Road Police can now confirm one...

Body recovered, Ocean Beach

Police have recovered a body from the shoreline at Ocean Beach in Hastings this morning. The body is yet to be formally identified, but Police...

Fatal crash on State Highway 6, Gibbston Highway

Police can advise one person has died following a crash on State Highway 6/Gibbston Valley earlier this morning. The crash was reported at 7:42 this...

Police updates – fatal crashes Dannevirke, Waipatu & Clarendon, Hastings water incident

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 16 December 2023. Fatal Crash, Waihola Highway, Clarendon Police can advise one person has died following a two vehicle...

Child struck by teen forklift driver

WorkSafe is cautioning that worksites are not the place for childcare, in response to the case of a five-year-old being run over in a...

Police updates – Darfield fatal crash, Riversdale Beach death, Clover Park robbery

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 13 December 2023. Name release, Riversdale Beach death Police can now release the name of the man who died...

Police updates – Whakatane homicide, Lucas Heights incident, Kekerengu fatal crash

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 12 December 2023. Investigation continues following death in Lucas Heights Waitematā Police investigating the death of a man in...

Fatal crash, Timaru

A person has died following a crash in Timaru last night. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Prattley Road and Macaulay Road in...

Fatal incident, Albany

One person has died following a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian outside the Albany Bus Station at around 2.10pm today. Cordons are in...

Police updates – fatal crashes Kekerengu and Epsom, fatal fire Paraparaumu Beach

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 9 December 2023. Fatal crash, SH1 Kekerengu Police can advise that one person has died following a crash yesterday...

Fatal crash, Masterton

Police can advise that one person has died following a serious crash in Masterton. The crash, involving two vehicles, was reported shortly after 1:50pm. The Serious...

Man dies following Taranaki crash

A man has died following a crash in Taranaki earlier this week. The single vehicle crash on State Highway 3 (Mokau Road) was reported to...

Hūkerenui fatal crash – witnesses sought

Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal single vehicle crash that occurred on State Highway One near Hūkerenui in Northland at about 5pm on...

Workplace death – Ohauiti

One person has died following a workplace incident on Upper Ohauiti Road, Ohauiti. Emergency services responded to the incident where a quad bike has rolled...

Fatal crash, SH3 Urenui

Police can confirm that one person has died following a crash on State Highway 3/Main North Road, west of Urenui. The crash was reported to...

Man drowns while snorkelling off Riversdale Beach

A man has been located deceased after he went snorkelling off the coast of Riversdale Beach yesterday afternoon. Police with the assistance of Police Search...

Fire sweeps through multiple houses in Mangere Bridge

At least five houses have been destroyed on Coronation Road, in the Auckland suburb of Mangere Bridge. Emergency services were alerted to fire at a...

NZ Fire team arrives back from Queensland fires

Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Bravo strike team has arrived home after assisting with the response to wildfires burning across Queensland. Due to recent rainfall...

Watch: 41 men freed from collapsed tunnel

The Indian construction workers had been trapped for weeks amid an intense rescue operation. RT’s Runjhun Sharma reports from northern India, where a dramatic relief...

Name release, Workplace incident Dannevirke

Police are able to release the name of the man who died in a workplace incident at a Dannevirke Forestry Block, Friday 17 November. He...

Investigation update into incident at Avondale Christmas Parade

Police can now advise that the two pedestrian victims injured during an incident at the Avondale Christmas Parade on Saturday have been released from...

Rescue mission to save men trapped in tunnel enters third week

India’s emergency services have begun drilling into the mountain from above to reach the 41 construction workers trapped inside. ​​A new strategy has been adopted...

Police updates – serious crashes Wairoa and Kamo

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 26 November 2023. Update: Serious crash, State Highway 2, south of Wairoa One person has died and one has...

Fatal crash, Kearney Road/Top Grass Road, Tararua District

One person has died following a crash near the intersection of Kearney Road and Top Grass Road, between Woodville and Dannevirke. The crash was reported...

Investigation ongoing following crash at Avondale Christmas Parade

Five people have received injuries at the Avondale Christmas Parade after a vehicle collided with two pedestrians, following which three occupants of the vehicle...

Planning on hiking in the Tararua Ranges? Be prepared

The successful use of a beacon leading to a rescue in the Tararua Ranges has prompted NZ Police and the NZ Mountain Safety Council...

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