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Fatal crash, SH50, Central Hawkes Bay

Emergency services are responding to a single motorcycle crash on State Highway 50, Central Hawkes Bay around 2:15pm. Sadly, one person has died at the...

Operation Kotare: Gangs and crime targeted in Eastern District

More Police officers are heading to Eastern District to help combat ongoing crime and gang concerns. Operation Kōtare is stretching its wings for six months,...

More heavy rain expected in Auckland and upper North Island today

The Metservice has issued a number of weather advisories for the upper North Island today. More heavy rain is expected to hit flood-affected Auckland late...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

13-year-old arrested in relation to Napier ram raid

Hawke's Bay Police have arrested a 13-year-old in relation to a ram raid burglary at a business in Emerson Street, Napier, early yesterday morning. The...

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...

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...

Hawke’s Bay Police tips for New Year’s Eve celebrations in the region

Hawke’s Bay Police want people to enjoy their New Year celebrations in our beautiful region, while also staying safe, said Detective Inspector David de...

Woman arrested following fleeing driver incident in Napier

A 44-year-old woman has been arrested following a fleeing driver incident in Napier earlier this week. At around 10:15am on Monday a silver Holden Commodore...

Police updates – Stanley Street fatal crash, Wairoa River body found

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 5 December 2022. Body found following Wairoa River search Police searching for a man in the Wairoa River have...

Search to resume on Wairoa River for missing person

The search will resume in Wairoa this morning for a person who went missing after a dingy capsized. Two people were in the 2.5-metre-long aluminium...

Arohaina Henare homicide – police seek knife linked to case

Police making enquiries into the death of Arohaina Henare are looking for a knife in relation to the investigation. Ms Henare was found unresponsive at...

Police updates – fatal crashes Dargaville, Papatoetoe, changes to fleeing driver framework

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 29 November 2022. Fleeing driver framework to bring more balance Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says Police will be making...

Missing Mahia Peninsula diver – body located

A diver who was reported missing yesterday off Mahia Peninsula has today been located deceased. The diver was reported missing yesterday at around 10.15am. An extensive...

Police updates – Jacks Bay death, Hastings bar incident, Spencer Park fatality

Updates on crimes and investigations for 14 November 2022. Person dies following incident at Spencer Park Police can confirm a person has died at Spencer Park...

Napier fatal crash – police seek witnesses

Police are appealing to the community for any witnesses relating to the fatal vehicle crash on Shakespeare Road Napier which occurred at 11.50pm on...

Fatal crash – Shakespeare Road, Napier

Police can confirm that one person has died following a crash involving a single vehicle on Shakespeare Road, Napier last night. Emergency services responded to...

Police updates – Timaru mobility scooter incident, Invercargill serious assault

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 28 October 2022. Name release, drowning: Aramoana, Hawke's Bay Police can now name the diver who died whilst freediving...

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...

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...

Flaxmere death – police launch homicide investigation

Eastern District Police have launched a homicide investigation after the death of a man in Flaxmere, Hastings, overnight. Police were called to Ramsay Crescent about...

Police updates – South Wairarapa fire, Waimarama fatal crash

Police updates on crime and investigations for 11 October 2022. Fire, South Wairarapa Police are assisting Fire and Emergency New Zealand following reports of multiple fires...

Police updates – Awatoto serious assault, Te Rapa aggravated robbery, Wellington stabbing

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 26 September 2022. Police seek witnesses to Wellington incident Police are seeking witnesses to a serious incident in the...

Hawke’s Bay burglaries – four people taken into custody

Four people were taken into custody following a series of burglaries in Hawke's Bay. Just before 1am on Monday, a vehicle which was reported stolen...

Havelock North car fire death – woman now identified and named

Police have now identified the woman who was discovered deceased in a vehicle at the River Road Recreational Reserve last week. Formal identification procedures have...

Havelock North car fire death – police launch homicide investigation

Police have now launched a homicide investigation following the discovery of a woman’s body in a burnt-out vehicle at the River Road Recreational Reserve...

Havelock North car fire death – investigation continues

A team of detectives are continuing to investigate after the discovery of a woman’s body in a vehicle in Havelock North over the weekend. 'We...

Havelock North car fire death – police confirm victim was a woman

Police are continuing to investigate after a body was discovered in a burnt out vehicle at Havelock North’s River Road Recreational Reserve over the...

Havelock North car fire death – police investigation underway

Police are investigating the unexplained death of a person, after a body was located in a vehicle in the River Road carpark in Havelock...

Young Napier car thieves caught in the act

A group of youths were scoping out vehicles parked in the Ahuriri area when they were interrupted. A member of the public called Police at...

Woman threatened in Puketapu – police seek information

Police investigating an incident in Puketapu, Napier on Sunday are seeking help from the public. A woman was walking along a track close to Vicarage...

Police updates – Road fatalities Waikato Expressway, Mangapapa

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 21 August 2022. Fatal crash, Mangapapa One person has died following a single-vehicle crash on Ormond Road, Mangapapa. Emergency services...

Former staffer of Labour MP Anna Lorck says shes ‘rude’, ‘erratic’

A woman who worked in parliament for more than ten years resigned last Wednesday. She was Lorck's third executive assistant in 'about a year', having...

Police updates – Napier and Oamaru fatal crashes, West Waikato car thefts

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 3 August 2022. Fatal crash - Oamaru Police can confirm two people have died following the crash near Oamaru...

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