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Police given significant edit rights over Marokopa manhunt documentary

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Police were granted the right to preview and require changes to a feature-length documentary about the Marokopa manhunt under a formal access agreement with...

Court battle over Tom Phillips secrecy orders as private inquiry into case begins

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A High Court hearing is under way to challenge extensive suppression orders restricting what media, police and Oranga Tamariki can report about the Tom...

Public inquiry launched into Phillips case as Collins defends limits on scope

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Attorney-General Judith Collins has announced a public inquiry into the disappearance of the Phillips children, aiming to determine whether government agencies took all practicable...

141 infringements issued as heavy vehicle defects caught in safety blitz

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Central North Island Police have issued 141 infringements after inspecting 910 vehicles in a targeted and pointed approach on heavy vehicles and trailers. Operation Triangle...

Elite NZSAS trackers secretly joined police hunt for Tom Phillips

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The New Zealand Defence Force has confirmed that elite NZSAS operators, including specialist bush trackers, were deployed three times to help police locate fugitive...

Firefighters continue to battle Tongariro blaze

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Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) crews are continuing to battle a major wildfire in Tongariro National Park that has now burned through more than...

Whakapapa Village evacuated as Tongariro fire grows to 1,800 hectares

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Residents of Whakapapa Village are being evacuated this evening as a precautionary measure as the wildfire burning in Tongariro National Park continues to expand,...

Firefighters battle to contain expanding Tongariro fire

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Fresh crews of firefighters from Taranaki and Manawatu-Wanganui are being briefed before beginning work on the second day of operations at the wildfire burning...

Massive Tongariro blaze forces hiker evacuations and highway closures

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A massive wildfire has engulfed about 400 hectares of Tongariro National Park, forcing the evacuation of 43 hikers and a hut warden and prompting...

Te Kūiti Hospital marks 100 years

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Te Kūiti Hospital has celebrated its 100-year anniversary, marking a century of service at the heart of the King Country community. Health Minister Simeon Brown...

Man charged after fatal boat trailer crash near Te Kūiti

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A 19-year-old has been charged with dangerous driving causing death following a crash near Te Kūiti in which a detached boat and trailer struck...

Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger Dies, aged 90

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Jim Bolger, who led New Zealand through much of the 1990s, has died at the age of 90. Surrounded by his wife Joan, nine children,...

Heavy rain cuts off North Island towns

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Severe rain across the central North Island caused widespread slips and flooding on Tuesday, leaving the towns of Matiere and Tokorima cut off and...

Officer who shot Tom Phillips part of new ‘Specialist Gun Crime Unit’

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The police officer who fatally shot father-of-three Tom Phillips was a member of the Armed Offenders Squad and part of a Tactical Dog Team...

CCTV footage links Tom Phillips and child to Piopio burglary, police say

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Police are investigating a burglary at a Piopio business in rural Waikato that occurred about 2am on Wednesday, 27 August. CCTV footage released shows two...

Family pleads for driver to come forward after mother killed in Te Kūiti boat trailer crash

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The family of 23-year-old Nateisha-Kurstyn Pareteoro Hana-Wetere is appealing for the driver of a black SUV to come forward after a boat and trailer...

Police updates – Fatal crashes in Leeston and Motutere

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Police updates on crimes and investigations for 5 July 2025. Fatal Crash, Leeston One person has died after a serious crash in Leeston last night. Police were...

Arrest in Turangi homicide investigation

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Police have arrested a 27-year-old man in relation to the ongoing homicide investigation in Tūrangi. "He will be appearing in Rotorua District Court today charged...

Homicide investigation launched after death in Tūrangi

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A woman has died following an incident in Tūrangi this morning. Emergency services were called to an address on Hinerangi Street at about 6:30am, where...

Appeal for information following Desert Road fatal crash

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Police investigating a fatal crash on the Desert Road/State Highway 1 on Saturday 7 June are seeking information from witnesses. The crash was reported to...

Fatal crash, SH1, Desert Road

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One person has died following a crash on the Desert Road Saturday afternoon. Police were called to a two-vehicle crash on State Highway One at...

Fire guts Turangi home overnight, no injuries reported

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Fire investigators are probing the cause of a blaze that destroyed a three-bedroom house in Turangi in the early hours of Sunday. Fire and Emergency...

22 year old mystery solved

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A 22 year old Lake Taupo mystery involving a Russian stuntman has been solved thanks to some useful information being sent in following an...

Photos could help formally identify remains

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Police are seeking photos of a Russian stuntman who went missing in 2002, in the hope the image can help identify partial remains located...

Fatal incident, Wairakei

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A person has died in an incident involving a farm vehicle on a property near Taupo. Emergency services were called to the address on State...

Appeal for information following crash, Taupō

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Taupo Police investigating a serious crash in Rangitaiki, Taupō are seeking information from members of the public about events leading up to the crash. At...

Tramper dies on Tongariro Crossing despite resuscitation efforts

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A man in his 50s has died after collapsing while traversing the Tongariro Crossing around midday. Despite the swift assistance of fellow walkers, including trained...

Missing person: Have you seen Joseph?

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Police have serious concerns for the wellbeing of Joseph Grattan, 24, and are urgently seeking to locate him. Joseph has not been seen since 28...

Phillips family: Increased police presence in Marokopa

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In a brief statement today, police say they will have an "increased presence" in Marokopa over the coming days. Statement "Police will be present in the...

Appeal for information following possible sightings of missing man Travis Langford

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Police have today been notified of several possible sightings of Travis Langford, who has been missing since 17 January. Travis travelled from Wellington to the...

Police confirm SH4 sighting was not Tom Phillips and children

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Police have confirmed that the group sighted on State Highway 4 around 8:30 am on Sunday, February 16, was not missing man Tom Phillips...

Police reveal new “possible sighting” of Tom Phillips

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Police are asking for the public’s help after a possible sighting of Tom Phillips and his children over the weekend. About 8.30am on Sunday 16...

Body recovered from Lake Taupō

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Police have confirmed that the missing jetskier on Lake Taupō has been found deceased. The Police Dive Squad made the discovery this afternoon. Police thanked those...

Water incident on Lake Taupo

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Emergency services are conducting a search operation on Lake Taupō after a jetski incident off Acacia Bay resulted in one person missing. The incident was...

Five to appear in court after incidents in the Kinleith Forests

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Five people are before the courts following several incidents in the Kinleith Forests over the past year, costing the business who manages them and...

Fatal crash, Acacia Bay, Taupo

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Two people have died after a single-vehicle crash on Mapara Road, Acacia Bay, overnight. Emergency services were called about 11.45pm. Two people died at the scene. Diversions...

Man who escaped police custody hands himself in

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Samir Derek Belhajjam, a 30-year-old man who fled from a police van outside a Taupō court on Monday, has turned himself in. He arrived at...

Fatal crashes in Waiotahe and Kinleith

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Fatal crash SH30, Kinleith One person has died following a crash involving two motorbikes on Ongaroto Road / SH 30, around 2km west of Tram...

Desert Road to close for two months for major repairs

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A key section of State Highway 1 between Tūrangi and Waiouru on the Desert Road will close from January 6 to the end of...

Taupō boaties urged to report tampering after man arrested

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Police have arrested a man after several boats were interfered with at Taupō marina this morning, prompting an appeal to boaties to contact Police...
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