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Homicide investigation launched after fatal shooting in Onerahi

A homicide investigation is underway following a fatal firearms incident at Beach Road Reserve in Onerahi this morning. Emergency services responded to reports of an...

Toddler killed in Te Kamo driveway incident named

Police have released the name of the three-year-old boy who tragically died in a driveway incident in Te Kamo on Sunday. He was Reign Puriri. The...

Police investigating after death of toddler in Northland driveway

Police in Northland are investigating the tragic death of a three-year-old child who was fatally injured in a driveway incident in Te Kamo on...

Police seek information after Northland road rage incident

Police are appealing for information following an incident on Ngunguru Road, where a motorist received serious injuries following an assault at around 5.45pm yesterday. Detective...

Sarfati sends fluoridation ultimatum to Whangarei District Council

Whangārei District Council (WDC) is standing firm against government-imposed fluoridation, despite mounting pressure and legal threats from Director-General of Health Dr. Diana Sarfati. In what...

Bloomfield confronted at Marae over COVID jab (Video)

Former Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield was confronted by Johnny Dylan who accused him of promoting the COVID-19 vaccine to Māori communities, alleging...

Man arrested after machete located in Waitangi

Eagle-eyed patrols got more than they bargained for after spotting a wanted man, allegedly carrying a machete down the inside of his pants. Police staff...

Otaika homicide: Man charged as Police seek sightings of vehicle of interest

A man has been charged with murder over a Maungatapere teenager’s death in Otaika last week. Several search warrants have been carried out over recent...

Police seek witnesses to Topuni crash

Police are seeking witnesses to the events leading up to a crash on State Highway 1 near Topuni, just north of Wellsford. Waitematā Road Policing...

Otaika homicide: Name release

Police are today releasing the name of a Northland man fatally shot in Otaika this week. He was 18-year-old Kyle Zachary Jenkins, of Maungatapere. The homicide...

Otaika homicide: Police make additional appeal

Police are releasing further information in the Otaika homicide investigation as the appeal for footage continues. An investigation team has begun the task of piecing...

Homicide investigation launched following discovery of motorcyclist’s body in Otaika

Police are treating the death of a motorcyclist in Otaika in Northland as suspicious, and a homicide investigation is now underway. A man’s body was...

Police make arrest over Ōkaihau hit-and-run

One man has been charged over a fatal hit-and-run in Ōkaihau on Tuesday night. An investigation has been under way since the teenage cyclist was...

Teenager convicted of Northland murder named

Kian McNamara, now 18, has been publicly named after losing his bid to keep name suppression following his conviction for the 2021 murder of...

Unexplained death in Otaika

Whangārei CIB are investigating an unexplained death in Otaika overnight. Just before 5.30am, a motorcyclist was located deceased in a creek adjacent to Otaika Valley...

Police seek information on fatal Ōkaihau hit-and-run

Northland Police are investigating the fatal hit-and-run of a cyclist in Ōkaihau last night. An investigation team is forming in the small Far North town...

Tornado strikes Mangawhai

A tornado swept through Mangawhai, Northland, causing widespread power outages, uprooted trees, and significant property damage, with some homes losing their roofs. Emergency services responded...

Investigation continues into Northland baby’s injuries

Police are continuing to investigate how a five-month-old baby came to sustain serious head injuries in Northland. Enquiries have been underway since the baby was...

Fatal crash, SH14, Tangiteroria

One person has died in a single-vehicle crash yesterday on State Highway 15 at Tangiteroria, in Kaipara. Police were notified of the crash about 6.30pm,...

Whangarei woman’s death referred to Coroner

Police are referring a Whangārei woman’s death over the weekend to the Coroner. The woman’s death was initially treated as unexplained, after she was located...

Unexplained death, Whangārei

Police are making enquiries after a woman was found deceased at a Whau Valley, Whangārei address yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the Moody...

Kaipara District broadband outage after fibre cable damaged

Thousands of homes and businesses in the Kaipara District remain offline after a digger severed a major fibre-optic cable supplying broadband to areas including...

Incident involving injured baby, Dargaville

Police are currently investigating an incident involving an injured five-month-old baby. On Saturday 28 December the baby was presented at Dargaville Hospital with serious head...

Police officers injured in Maungatapere vehicle incident

At around 8.40 pm on Saturday 4 January Police were in attendance at a single vehicle collision on State Highway 14, Maungatapere near the...

Police appeal for information following suspicious Tikipunga fire

Whangārei Police are appealing for information following a suspicious fire at a Tikipunga property on 2 January. At around 5.30am that day, a member of...

Police seek witnesses in Pipiwai Christmas Eve incident

Police are appealing for information from two women who may have witnessed part of a concerning incident in the Pipiwai area in Northland on...

Fatal crashes – Tauranga and Wharehine

Fatal crash, Parkvale, Tauranga Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in Parkvale, Tauranga last night. Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle...

Drowning – Waimamaku Beach, Far North

A woman has drowned after getting into trouble in the water at Waimamaku Beach in Northland this afternoon. Police were called to the beach at...

Whangarei District Council seeks injunction against fluoridation order

Whangarei District Council seeks injunction against Director General of Health’s dictate to add toxic fluoridation chemicals to its public water supply. Last week the Whangarei...

Former Ngāpuhi leader Raniera ‘Sonny’ Tau convicted of indecent assault

A trial in Northland has concluded with the conviction of Raniera Tau, also known as Sonny Tau, a former Ngāpuhi leader. Tau was found guilty...

Fake gasfitter fined

John Arthur of Whangārei has been sentenced for posing as a qualified gasfitter and performing unauthorised work that endangered lives, including nearly causing explosions...

Updated – Search for woman missing near Waipu River mouth: Body found

A search for a woman missing near the mouth of the Waipu River will resume this morning. Emergency services were called about 12am after the...

Whangarei District Council rejects fluoridation directive

The Whangarei District Council voted today to reject a directive from the Director-General of Health (DGH) to fluoridate the district’s water supply. The motion passed...

Murder charge laid following Tikipunga homicide

Police have now charged a man with murder in connection with an ongoing homicide investigation in Tikipunga earlier this year. Whangārei CIB have been investigating...

Pet dog killed in violent Kaipara home invasion, three arrested

Three men face serious charges over a violent aggravated burglary of a home in the Kaipara District. Police made the arrests in the Bay of...

Warrant to arrest: Have you seen Toa Pitman?

Whangārei Police are seeking information on the whereabouts of Black Power member Toa Pitman. The 42-year-old is being sought in connection with a violent family...

Man jailed for 20 years for repeated sexual offenses against children

Alexander Wright, a 61-year-old man who offered to help a mother by babysitting her children, was sentenced to 20 years in prison with a...

Search for missing 83-year-old in Onerahi area scaled back

The search for an 83-year-old man who went missing over the weekend in Onerahi has been scaled back. The man was last seen on Saturday...

Kaitaia College in lockdown following fight on school grounds

Kaitāia College in Northland went into lockdown for an hour on Wednesday after a fight broke out on school grounds, prompting some concerned parents...

Search for missing 83-year-old swimmer in Northland to resume Wednesday

The search for an 83-year-old man missing in Onerahi, Northland, has been suspended for the day. The search team, including Police, LandSAR Northland, local surf...

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