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Police updates – Bluff Harbour tragedy, Rongotea fatal crash, Taupo shoplifter nabbed

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 24 December 2022. Name release- Bluff harbour Police are now in a position to name the man who died...

Four more arrests made in Invercargill gun incident investigation

Police have arrested four additional people in relation to a firearms incident on Earn Street, Invercargill on Saturday 17 December. After the initial arrest of...

Arrest made in Invercargill firearms incident

Police have arrested a 23-year-old man in relation to a firearms incident on Earn Street, Invercargill on Saturday. The man has been charged with wounding...

Sightings of white Toyota Camry sought in Invercargill firearms incident

Invercargill Police are making enquiries after a firearms incident on Earn Street, Invercargill at about 7.20pm last night. One person later presented at hospital with...

Witnesses sought to Mataura dirt bike crash

Southern Police are calling for anyone who witnessed a crash in Mataura on 13 December to get in contact. About 5.15pm on Tuesday, Police were...

Man charged following serious incident in Heidelberg overnight

Invercargill Police have arrested a man following a serious incident overnight which has left a woman in critical condition. Police were called to a Mavora...

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...

Police updates – Fatal crashes Opotiki, Winton, Mitimiti, Kerikeri, Ngaruawahia fire

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 8 November 2022. Update: Serious crash, Winton Police can confirm one person has died in a three-vehicle crash at...

Police updates – Sam Finnemore death, Otatara crash, Pegasus Bay fire

Police updates on crimes and investigatons for 4 November 2022. Name release - Lake Rotomā crash Police can now name the person who died in a...

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...

Police updates – Waikato River tragedy, fatal crashes Otahuhu and Invercargill

Police updates on crimes and invesitgations for 27 October 2022. Fatal crash, Ōtāhuhu One person has died following a crash in Ōtāhuhu yesterday afternoon. The crash, involving...

Invercargill gangsters arrested in Operation Cobalt bust

Invercargill Police have arrested three gang members as part of Operation Cobalt – a national operation aimed at disrupting gang activity. The three were arrested...

Man comes forward in Invercargill hit-and-run investigation

A man has come forward in the investigation of a serious hit-and-run incident in Invercargill on Sunday morning (25 September 2022). A 19-year-old male was...

Police updates – Invercargill hit-and-run, St. Luke’s robbery, Turihaua Beach operation

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 27 September 2022. Investigation continues into hit and run in Invercargill Police are continuing to investigate a serious hit...

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...

Police renew appeal for information in 2017 Mataura case

Police are renewing an appeal for information from the public regarding a case in Mataura five years ago where a man was seriously injured...

Police updates – Botany pedestrian tragedy, Invercargill car theft warning

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 16 September 2022. Invercargill vehicle owners - keep security in mind Police are reminding people in Invercargill to lock...

Arrests made in Queen St, Mosgiel and Invercargill burglaries

Police have made a number of arrests today following investigations into three separate burglary and robbery incidents. Arrest made following Mosgiel aggravated robbery Police have made...

Police updates – red shoe offender, Dipton and Pukekohe fatal crashes

Police updates on crimes and investigations for Monday 29 August 2022. Christchurch Police looking for offender with red shoes Christchurch Police are hoping that an offender’s...

Police investigating aggravated robbery of Invercargill service station – Updated

Invercargill Police are investigating an aggravated robbery on Elles Road last night. A person entered a service station at around 8.25pm armed with a weapon,...

Invercargill ram raids – further arrest made

Invercargill Police have made a further arrest in relation to recent ram raids in the city. An 18-year-old man has been charged in relation to...

Invercargill aggravated robbery – 29-year-old man arrested, facing multiple charges

Invercargill Police have arrested and charged a 29-year-old man in relation to an aggravated robbery in the city on 18 August. The man appeared in...

Police arrest alleged Invecargill ram-raider

Police have executed a search warrant and arrested a man in relation to recent offending in Invercargill. The warrant was executed at a residential address...

Invercargill home invasion stabbing – police appeal for information

Police are appealing for information following a serious assault around 8pm at an address on Lyon Street on Saturday 13 August where a man...

Three Mobsters arrested in Mataura – Operation Cobalt

Three Mongrel Mob members were arrested in Mataura on Friday, following the execution of a search warrant at the gang’s headquarters in Albion Street. The...

Police crackdown on gangs: Arrest and charges laid as part of Operation Cobalt

Southern District Police have arrested and charged a man with Nomad gang links as part of ongoing Operation Cobalt, targeting gangs. The man initially came...

Police updates – Whakatane burglaries, Invercargill and Waitaki fatal crashes

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 5 August 2022. Whakatāne car thefts stymied by help from public – burglaries solved in process Thanks to good...

Police appeal for information following Invercargill crash

Police are seeking information from the public following a crash between a car and a pedestrian on Tweed Street, Invercargill, at around 10pm on...

Police updates – Taranaki homicide, Rotorua and West Plains fatal crashes

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 1 August 2022. Homicide investigation underway in Taranaki A homicide investigation is underway in Taranaki after a man’s body...

Treasured family motorbike returned 17 years after it was stolen

After 17 years and a trip halfway around the world, a treasured BSA 1929 Sloper motorbike has been reunited with the New Zealand family...

Lego box drugs: Seizure and arrest by Police and Customs, targeting organised crime in Southland

A successful joint operation by NZ Police and Customs has resulted in the seizure of a significant quantity of methamphetamine and an arrest for...

Police updates – Invercargill meat theft, North Taieri and Hastings fatal accidents

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 19 July 2022. Name release, fatal crash, Pakowhai Road, Hastings Police are now in a position to confirm the...

Southland man caught driving 5 times over the limit

Police have apprehended a 31-year-old man who was found to be driving almost five times over the legal breath alcohol limit. A member of the...

Police updates – Tokoroa fatal crash, motorcycle incidents in Gore and Manukau

Police updates for on crimes and investigations for the morning of 14 June 2022. Information sought after dirt bike incident, Manukau Counties Manukau Police are asking...

Two arrests made in Gore taser incident

Gore Police have arrested a 27-year-old man in relation to an incident at the BP Railway Esplanade on 4 June. During the incident, the man...

Firearms incident in Invercargill

At about 10:20pm on Thursday emergency services received reports of a firearms incident at an address in Kapuka, Invercargill. As a result the Armed Offenders...

Four charged, 29 non-compliant cars located during Invercargill operation

Four people were charged, 21 cars ordered off the road, and three vehicles impounded following an operation in Invercargill targeting anti-social driving behaviours and...

Two arrested following fleeing driver incident in Southland

Police have arrested two people following a fleeing driver incident on Tuesday morning. At around 8:40am on Tuesday a man driving a stolen vehicle...

Invercargill speed camera operator assaulted

Invercargill Police are investigating a serious assault on a Police mobile safe speed camera vehicle operator just before 8.20pm on Friday night. Immediately prior to...

Name releases: Invercargill fatal crash

Police can now name the four people who died on Friday in a crash near Queens Park, Invercargill. They were: Konnor Steele, aged 16, from...

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