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Police updates – Queenstown bar assault, Hopetoun Bridge incident, stolen Whangarei dirt bikes

Police updates on crimes and investigations for the morning of 18 June 2022. Stolen bikes recovered in Wellington Police recovered five stolen bikes from a Wellington...

Drug boss Max Beckham convicted of sexually abusing girls

A former Northland drug boss serving jail time has been convicted of sexually abusing two young girls. Max Beckham is currently serving a lengthy jail...

Police apprehend offenders as ram-raid investigations continue

Police have executed four search warrants and recovered stolen property as part of a concerted effort to disrupt gang activity and stymie commercial burglaries...

Gang bust in Kaikohe nets illegal ammo and 10k in cash

Northland Police have charged three people and seized ammunition and cash following a search warrant executed at a Kaikohe property on Thursday. The search warrant...

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 – Northland gang crime crack-down, Cambridge tree incident

Police updates on crime and investigations for 26 May 2022. Northland Police continue enforcement and disruption activity Police are continuing with enforcement action and the disruption...

Northland Police make arrests, investigations continue into serious incidents in Far North

Police have made three arrests and seized a firearm and ammunition as a result of ongoing efforts to quash gang activity in Northland. The...

Northland arrest – Police agree with IPCA findings

Police agree with the findings of an IPCA report, which concluded a Police officer was justified in using force against a man during an...

Murder charge laid – Northland

A 65-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder after a body was located in an area of the Waipoua Forest, near State...

Police updates – Whanganui assault, missing Northland woman

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 14 May 2022. Man appears in court in relation to Linwood assault A man arrested after an assault in...

Police updates – Wellington gang shooting, Te Aro sexual assault, Kaikohe drug bust

Police updates for 7 May 2022. Police investigating sexual assault Te Aro Wellington Police investigating a sexual assault are seeking assistance from the public. The victim was...

Car crash fatalities in Raglan and Herekino

Police have released information to the public in relation to two recent fatal car crashes. Fatal crash, SH23, Raglan One person has died following a crash...

Police updates: Fatal crashes in Invercargill & Whangarei, firearms incidents in Wellington

Police updates for 23 April 2022. Arrests following firearms incidents, Wellington Seven people have been arrested and a firearm recovered, after Police responded to two serious...

‘Don’t Destroy the Refinery’ – Public Meeting called

A public meeting being held in Whangarei on Sunday will feature five speakers representing key players trying to get the government to take action...

Kaitaia Police appeal for information following aggravated robbery

Kaitaia Police are appealing for information to help identify the man in the picture. Police believe he is able to assist us with their investigation...

Police updates: Missing New Lynn man, traffic death

Police have issued two statements recently, relating to a missing New Lynn man, and confirmation of a road death tragedy. Missing: Jeff Allan Police are seeking...

Bodies recovered in North Cape search operation

Northland Police continue to assist with a search and rescue operation after five people were reported to be unaccounted for in the waters off...

Northland Police make arrests, investigations continue into serious incidents in Kaikohe

Northland Police have arrested a number of gang members and associates following a series of incidents between gangs around the Kaikohe area. The arrests come...

Police investigate damage to historic flagpole

Police are investigating after someone has caused serious damage to an area that holds significant history in New Zealand. Unknown offenders have damaged the support...

Witnesses sought to fatal crash in Uretiti last month

Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash involving two vehicles near Uretiti just before Christmas last year. The incident occurred at around 12pm...

Fatal crash in Waipu

Police confirm one person has died following a two vehicle crash in Waipu this morning. Emergency services were alerted to a two vehicle crash at...

Human remains found at Pipiwai

Police last night were advised that human remains had been located in the bush in Pipiwai, Northland. The remains have not yet been formally identified,...

Watch: ‘Don’t be a government whore Cindy!’: G-G heckled at Waitangi

It's been a day of heckling political leaders in the Far North. First, footage emerged on social media of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern being abused...

Search suspended for missing man Kukama Waa

Police have suspended the search for missing Northland man Kukama Waa. After extensive search efforts in the remote and rugged Pipiwai forest area proved unsuccessful...

Search for Kukama Waa in Pipiwai – Police appeal for dashcam footage

Police carrying out a search around Pipiwai for missing man Kukama Waa are appealing to anyone with dashcam footage who travelled through the Pipiwai...

Further arrests made as part of Operation Freya Northland drug bust

The Northland Organised Crime Unit has made two additional arrests as part of Operation Freya, an investigation targeting the importation and supply of illicit...

Police searching for missing Northland man Kukama Waa

Police search and rescue personnel are currently searching bush area near Pipiwai in efforts to locate Kukama Waa. Mr Waa, aged 58, was reported missing...

Multiple water-related incidents as temperatures soar

Three water-related tragedies across the nation as summer temperatures soar. Kai Iwi Lakes (left), and Wenderholm Regional Park (right). Wenderholm Regional Park: Emergency services are in attendance...

Watch: Northern Checkpoint – ‘This is what happens when a government goes out of control’

A video report from Revolution Media New Zealand highlights the problems at the Northern Checkpoint when people with no legal authority believe they are...

Body of missing Northland man found

Police have found a body in Kaitaia yesterday. Although formal identification processes have not been completed, police released a statement saying they believed it was...

Kaitaia Police seeking sightings of missing man

Kaitaia Police are appealing to the public for help in locating 32-year old Loren Charles Ross-Taylor. The last confirmed sighting of Loren was at about...

Northland police score another massive drug bust

Northland police have successfully stopped a massive drug ring after a six-month investigation. Operation Freya's conclusion saw the arrest of 12 people and the seizure...

104 community cases of COVID-19 today

There are 104 new community cases of COVID-19 to report today. As at 10am, 43 of these cases are linked - including 33 household contacts...

D-Day: Cabinet lockdown decision today

Cabinet is meeting today at 1pm to decide if changes are to be made to the current lockdown levels. The decision will be televised at...

Murder charge for Omapere homicide

A 48 year old man has been charged with murder in relation to a homicide in the Northland township of Omapere. The man is due...

Homicide investigation underway in Omapere

Police open a homicide investigation in the Northland settlement of Omapere after a body was found in a residential house this morning. Another person at...

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