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Manawatū Police seize firearm and vehicles

Manawatū Police have seized a firearm, ammunition and three vehicles from an address in Feilding. On Thursday morning staff patrolling the Feilding area identified a...

Police updates – Tauranga and Takanini fatal crashes, Feilding burglary

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 4 December 2022. One person has died following a serious crash in Tauranga yesterday morning The two-vehicle crash on...

Firearms, vehicles, drugs and cash worth $2.5 million seized in Palmerston North bust

Police have seized firearms, vehicles, drugs and cash worth a total of $2.5 million in a series of warrants under Operation Cobalt, targeting organised...

Police issue warning after potentially lethal barbiturate stolen in Palmerston North

Police investigating the theft of veterinary drugs in Palmerston North are issuing a warning to the community. Pentobarbitone, a drug used to euthanize animals, was...

Police updates – Fatal crash Remuera, Cashel St assault update

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 29 October 2022. Update: Fatal crash, Remuera One person has died following a serious crash in Remuera on Thursday...

Man taken into custody following family harm incident in Foxton

A 48-year-old man has been taken into custody following a family harm episode that took place around midnight. Police initially responded to a property in...

Fatal collision in Palmerston North overnight

A person has died after being hit by a car in Palmerston North overnight. Around midnight, a vehicle travelling on Main Street, Roslyn clipped another...

Former teacher James Booth sentenced to 7 years jail for sex crimes against children

James 'Jim' Booth, a teacher at a school in Manawatu, was jailed today for the crimes against multiple students. Booth admitted to taking the students...

Feilding home invasion – police seek two men

Feilding Police are appealing for anyone with information following an incident at a residential property on East Street on Monday 19 September. Two men are...

Arrests made following incidents at Palmerston North commercial premises

Palmerston North Police investigating three incidents at commercial premises this week have made several arrests. About 7.30am on 13 September, officers were called to a...

Police arrest trio after Palmerston North dairy robbery

Palmerston North Police have arrested a 21-year-old man and two youths following an incident in Palmerston North yesterday morning. Just before 8am three people entered...

Six more arrests in Manawatū vehicle crime operation

Police have arrested a further six offenders in an operation to apprehend those suspected to be involved in a number of car thefts in...

Mark Lundy denied parole

Lundy was convicted twice for the murder of his wife and daughter in Palmerston North in February 2021. Lundy has always maintained his innocence, and...

Feilding assault – police appeal for witnesses

Police are appealing for information following an assault that took place on North Street, Feilding on Friday 12 August around 6:30pm. A student was assaulted,...

Police updates – Opua incident, missing persons in Waikanae and Lake Rotorua

Police updates on crimes and investigations for Thursday 11 August 2022. Name release - Fatal crash, Burkes Pass Police can now release the name of the...

Man due in court in relation to Manawatu fraudulent online sales

A 38-year-old man is due in court later this month on 21 charges of obtaining by deception in relation to fraudulent sales on social...

Skank Bandit hit the mighty Manawatu with new tracks!

With Covid turmoil slowing down, Taranaki band Skank Bandit shift gears and return to touring with a live-to-air recording and gig in Palmerston North. Like...

Police updates – crashes in Ashhurst and Rotorua

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 3 July 2022. Update - serious crash, Ashhurst Police can confirm one person has died following the earlier two-vehicle...

Police updates – Whangamata crash, Queenstown burglaries, Kaikohe firearms incident

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 29 June 2022. Update – Deceased woman, Kau Bay Following a post-mortem examination today, Police can confirm that the...

Police updates – Kaiapoi and Sockburn incidents, Maruia Falls, Levin escapee

Updates on crimes and police investigations for 26 June 2022. Update: Sockburn homicide Police can now confirm a 37-year-old man has been charged with murder after...

Arrests made, vehicles impounded following illegal street racing operation in Palmerston North

Palmerston North Police have arrested three people and impounded four vehicles after an operation targeting illicit street racing in the city overnight. Additionally three people...

Police updates – missing Chch teen, Waimakariri River deceased

Police updates for crimes and investigations for the morning of 8 June 2022. Fatal crash, SH 56, Palmerston North Police can confirm that a motorcyclist has...

Police updates – Operations Dairyland and Lithium, Whangarei drug bust

Police updates on crimes and investigations for the morning of 4 June 2022. Police recover body from Pelorus River, near Havelock Police have recovered the body...

Police updates – Bay of Plenty weather warning, St. Bathans fatal incident

Updates on police investigations for the afternoon of 30 May 2022. Fatal crash, Palmerston North Police can confirm that one person has died following a two...

Police updates – Feilding light aircraft crash, missing Maraenui teen

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 30 May 2022. Person dies following small aircraft crash The occupant of a small aircraft that crashed at Feilding...

Police updates – Feilding school vandalism, Pongakawa fatal crash

Police updates on investigations and cases for 11 May 2022. Name release - fatal crash, SH2, Pongakawa Police can now name the woman who died following...

Police updates – Fatal crashes in Raetihi and Foxton, fisherman search suspended

Police updates for 30 April 2022. Fatal crash, SH1 Foxton Police can confirm that a person has died following a serious crash on State Highway 1,...

Arrest made in Palmerston North stabbing

An arrest has been made in relation to a Palmerston North stabbing which took place early on Saturday morning. Police were called to an altercation...

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