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Ngauranga Gorge assault – police seek sightings of red BMW station wagon

Wellington Police investigating an assault and robbery in Ngauranga Gorge are appealing for the public’s help to locate a vehicle of interest. The vehicle, a...

Operation Trump Card makes significant progress

Police have made significant progress with Operation Trump Card, an operation working to recover stolen property across the Wellington area. The operation, which began early...

Wairoa house fire – Police seek information from public

Police are appealing for information after a house fire on Apatu Street, Wairoa about 1.15am on Wednesday morning. Fire investigators and Police CIB attended the...

Arrest in serious assault incident, Te Puke

Bay of Plenty Police have arrested a man following the serious assault of a woman on Te Matai Road in Te Puke, shortly after...

Whakatane Boxing Day incident – police ask for public’s help

Police are appealing for the public’s help after an incident near Gorge Road in Whakatane in the early morning of Boxing Day 2022 in...

Police focus investigations on Napier vehicle thefts

Hawke's Bay Police are asking for the public to keep sharing information and reporting criminal activity after an increase in vehicles being stolen across...

Police updates – Papakura fatal crash investigation, Runanga missing person

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 24 January 2023. Update into fatal crash investigation in Papakura An investigation into what led to a fatal crash...

Watch: New advertising campaign targets importance of keeping to the speed limit

There are no excuses to speed – that’s the simple concept of a new road safety marketing campaign which has been launched by Waka...

Police plea to young dirt bike riders – get your licence or stick to farmland

Police are urging dirt bike riders to get their motorbike driver’s license to ride in public spaces. Police have seen an increase in unlicensed riders...

Police pursuit in Hamilton overnight ends with four arrests

Waikato Police would like to hear members of the public who may have footage of a pursuit in Hamilton overnight. Police were patrolling the Hamilton...

Masterton dairy aggravated robbery – three youths arrested

Masterton Police arrested three youths yesterday in relation to an aggravated robbery in Masterton earlier in the day. Police were alerted to the robbery on...

Police investigating firearms incidents, Porirua

Police are investigating after a man was located with gunshot wounds at a Waitangirua address overnight. Police are also investigating a similar incident from earlier...

Police seeking vehicle following serious assault in Te Puke

Bay of Plenty Police investigating the serious assault of a woman in Te Puke are asking for the public's help to locate a vehicle...

Hawke’s Bay community urged to keep vehicles safe

Police are urging the public to take extra precautions to keep their vehicles safe after a recent increase in stolen vehicles reported across the...

Lyall Bay and Melrose burglaries – 32-year-old man arrested

Wellington Police arrested a 32-year-old man today in relation to a series of daytime residential burglaries in the Lyall Bay and Melrose areas. A spike...

Gisborne man arrested in connection with October shooting

Police in Gisborne have arrested and charged a 30-year-old man with two firearms offences after a pre-planned search warrant today. The offences relate to a...

Have you seen Michael McNally?

Police are appealing to the public for information on the whereabouts of Michael McNally. He is considered dangerous so should not be approached. Any sightings of...

Tōtara Park incident – 27-year-old male arrested

Counties Manukau Police have today arrested and charged one person in relation to an incident in Tōtara Park, which occurred on Tuesday, 17 January. At...

Police impound nine vehicles in Governors Bay

Police in Christchurch would like to thank the community in Governors Bay for their help in identifying several vehicles which have since been impounded...

Person charged following incident in Remuera

One person has been charged following an incident on Ōrākei Road, Remuera, on Thursday 19 January, where one person received critical injuries. A 30-year-old female...

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...

Totara Park Auckland sexual assault, description of offender released

Police are continuing to investigate a serious incident in Tōtara Park (Auckland) yesterday, where a woman was sexually assaulted. At around 10.25am, a woman was...

‘Retail Crime Prevention Hub’ services expanded to victims of aggravated robbery

The Retail Crime Prevention Programme has expanded to include small retail businesses who have been the victim of a retail aggravated robbery since November...

Kihikihi meter reader assault – police make further appeal for information

Police investigating a serious incident in Kihikihi on Thursday, 5 January continue to appeal for information from the public. Emergency services were called to Oliver...

Colin Blithe investigation – 33 year old man charged with murder

Police have arrested a 33-year-old-man in relation to the death of Colin Blithe. The man is expected to appear in the Napier District Court on...

Manukau assault – police looking for ‘chubby’ built suspect in dark blue t-shirt

Police have now stood down the cordons in the area around Totara Park and the Botanic Gardens, following an earlier assault incident at the...

Two police cars rammed in Palmerston North car chase

Police arrested a fleeing driver early this morning, after two associates attempted to help him avoid Police. Shortly before 1am, Palmerston North Police signalled for...

Arrest made following aggravated robbery in Palmerston North

At about 10am this morning, Police responded to reports of a robbery at a commercial premises on Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North. The offender entered 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...

Police release name of Napier homicide victim

Police can now release the name of a man who died on Emerson Street, Napier on 15 January. He was Colin Blithe, 68, of Napier. Police...

Further arrests made in Mitchell Te Kani homicide investigation

Five additional people have been arrested in relation to the death of Mitchell Te Kani in Tauranga in May 2022. The men have all been...

Appeal for information following firearms incident, Opotiki

Police are asking for the public's help after an incident in Opotiki on Saturday that left a man injured. Emergency services were alerted to the...

5 youths arrested in relation to stolen vehicles

Five youths were arrested in the early hours of this morning in Hamilton following the theft of several vehicles and a fleeing driver incident. All...

Person in custody following fleeing driver incident, Hamilton

One person has been taken into custody after a fleeing driver incident in Hamilton City. A vehicle failed to stop for Police on Forest Lake...

Homicide investigation launched, Napier

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man died in Napier yesterday afternoon (15 January). Police were called to a residential address on Emerson...

Four youths arrested following Pukekohe fleeing driver incident

Four youths have been arrested and will face charges, following a fleeing driver incident this afternoon. A vehicle of interest failed to stop for police...

Dunedin homicide update – 18 year old charged with murder

An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder following an incident on Helensburgh Road this morning. He is due to appear in the Dunedin District...

Homicide investigation launched, Dunedin

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman was located deceased in the early hours of this morning following an incident in Wakari,...

Police urge drivers to behave safely at checkpoints

Eastern District Police are urging drivers at checkpoints to stop and obey Police instructions. 'Recently we have encountered a number of vehicles fleeing when they...

Arrests made in $100k Christchurch burglary

Police have recovered stolen property from a burglary in which over $100,000 worth of property was taken. Yesterday at 3pm, Christchurch Police executed two warrants...

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