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Child sex predator Matthew George Mein jailed

Mein received a total of 3 years and 11 months for a raft of charges relating to two young victims. The first victim, an 8...

Woman arrested for sword attack on PM’s office

The 57 year old was taken into custody this morning. The woman was located at an address in Coatesville. Details of the charges laid are...

Ardern’s electorate office attacked

The attack happened at around 8.20am this morning. A window was smashed, after an object was thrown at it. A sword was found lying on...

Dunedin sex attacker Jahmin Mauna McNeill-Hulme jailed

24 year old McNeill-Hulme was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment. Judge David Robinson also gave McNeill-Hulme leave to apply for home detention if a suitable...

Police updates – Waikato River tragedy, fatal crashes Otahuhu and Invercargill

Police updates on crimes and invesitgations for 27 October 2022. Fatal crash, Ōtāhuhu One person has died following a crash in Ōtāhuhu yesterday afternoon. The crash, involving...

Waikato Police investigating commercial incidents overnight

Waikato District Police are investigating a number of commercial burglaries across the district overnight. Police responded to events in Thames, Chartwell, central Hamilton, Hamilton East...

South Wellington Intermediate in lockdown – reports of gunman

Police and armed offenders have swarmed the Newtown/Berhampore area of Wellington. Media reports refer to a man armed with a gun in the vicinity of...

New Lynn stabbing – man charged

Police are appealing to the public for information following an incident in New Lynn today. Police were called to a disorder incident on Great North...

Greenlane Countdown thieves arrested

Police detained two women in relation to the theft of $1,000 worth of goods yesterday from Greenlane Countdown. A third person was referred to Youth...

Thieves load up boot with stolen groceries, getaway car breaks down on motorway

A woman ran out of the Greenlane Countdown without paying for her groceries. Two people were waiting in the getaway car to help load up...

Suitcase murders – accused was committed to psychiatric hospital after making false police complaint

The 42 year old woman is charged with the murders of two children, whose bodies were discovered in a suitcase in Manurewa. The allegation was...

Teen charged with murder after death of Wattle Downs man last night

A 30-year-old man has died at an address in Wattle Downs last night just before midnight after a family harm incident. A man aged 19...

St. Heliers 4 Square stabbing: Man arrested

The assailant, aged in his 20s, will appear in court tomorrow. Police were called to the Four Square in St. Heliers at around 7.30pm last...

Second arrest in Darcy Strickland homicide

Hawke’s Bay Police have arrested a second person in relation to the death of Darcy Strickland in Flaxmere earlier this month. Officers located the 19-year-old...

Paeroa assault – police seek sightings of white van or ute ‘driving erratically’

Police investigating an incident in Paeroa are appealing to the public for sightings of a vehicle. A reported assault occurred on Puke Street between about...

Man who issued death threats to Ardern has conviction quashed

Michael Cruickshank argued that he was “absolutely wasted” when he emailed Jacinda Ardern. A man jailed for sending death threats to New Zealand Prime Minister...

Eight arrested in Rotorua drug bust

Eight people have been arrested following a three month operation focusing on the manufacture and supply of methamphetamine in Rotorua. In addition to the arrests,...

Police updates – multiple arrests in Auckland, missing West Melton teen found

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 20 October 2022. A happy end to search for missing West Coast woman Police would like to thank Land...

Crown’s appeal against rapist Jayden Meyer home detention sentence dismissed

Meyer was sentenced earlier this year to 9 months home detention for the rape of four teenage girls. Meyer was 16 at the time of...

Craig McKelvie homicide – police release photo of ‘black car’ of interest

Police investigating the death of Craig McKelvie in Lower Hutt on Friday night are following several lines of enquiry. Mr McKelvie was located at a...

Miramar hit-and-run: Police release photo of red van vehicle of interest

Wellington Police are continuing to investigate a serious hit-and-run incident in Miramar and are still seeking sightings of a red van. The man struck by...

Man charged in relation to Nelson ‘yellow stickered’ burglaries

A 32-year-old Motueka man was arrested yesterday in relation to burglaries from a yellow-stickered house in August 2022. The man appeared in Nelson District Court...

Shamal Shamar pleads guilty to murder of Lena Zhang Harrap

Shamar was due to stand trial in the Auckland High Court next month. 27 year old Harrap went missing on her daily walk in Mt....

Arrest made in Darcy Strickland Flaxmere homicide

Police have arrested and charged a 22 year-old-man in relation to the death of Darcy Strickland. The man is expected to appear in the Hastings...

Murder charge laid in relation to Sean Buis homicide investigation

A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder in relation to the death of Sean Buis. Sean, aged 28, was fatally struck by...

Former Ngapuhi Runanga chairman Sonny Tau on trial for sex charges

Tau faces six charges of indecent assault on a female over 16, and three charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice. 69 year...

Police update on Craig McKelvie homicide investigation

Hutt Valley Police investigating the death of Craig McKelvie in Lower Hutt on Friday night are continuing to follow various lines of inquiry. Mr McKelvie...

Red van sought in Miramar hit and run

Wellington Police investigating a serious hit and run incident in Miramar are seeking sightings of a red van. Police were called to Argentine Ave, Miramar,...

Violent Taranaki teen’s appeal against jail term refused

18 year-old Blake Hollins-Apiata was sentenced to two years and 6 months prison for breaking the jaw of an off-duty policeman. The assault happened after...

Violent murderer who stabbed Hamilton mum to death named as Cory Purutanga

The man who stabbed a Hamilton mum to death in a violent, frenzied attack had name suppression throughout the court process. That suppression order finally...

Invercargill gangsters arrested in Operation Cobalt bust

Invercargill Police have arrested three gang members as part of Operation Cobalt – a national operation aimed at disrupting gang activity. The three were arrested...

Murder charge following fatal assault in Momona, Dunedin

A 20-year-old man has been taken into custody following a serious assault in Momona, Dunedin yesterday afternoon where another man died. He has been charged...

Police name Lower Hutt homicide victim

Wellington Police can now name the victim who died after a serious assault in Lower Hutt on Friday. Craig McKelvie, 52, of Wellington, was located...

Fatal assault in Momona, Dunedin – police investigating

A man has died following a report of an assault on Miller Road, Dunedin just before 2pm yesterday. The man with stab wounds was initially...

Homicide investigation launched in Lower Hutt

A homicide investigation has been launched following the death of a man in Lower Hutt last night. Police were called to a Mason St address...

Operation Cobalt: Further warrants disrupt drug manufacturing operation, arrests made

Simultaneous search warrants were terminated across west Auckland on Thursday, targeting the manufacturing of illegal drugs. It follows on from previous search warrants across Waitematā...

Courier van stolen in Masterton recovered, man arrested

Masterton Police have arrested a 28-year-old Auckland man in relation to the theft of a courier van in the town yesterday (13 October). The van...

Gaurav Sharma lays into Hipkins over ram raids

The Independent MP for Hamilton West believes 'our country has gone to the dogs'. The spate of ram raids throughout the country is the fault...

Quick public reactions result in Rangiora arrest

Swift action from the public resulted in the successful apprehension of a man in Rangiora on Wednesday. At around 7:30pm the man approached a vehicle...

Six arrests after Melling protest

Six people have been arrested following protest action on SH2 earlier this morning. Motorists travelling southbound were temporarily disrupted, at the Melling Link/SH2 intersection in...

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