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Arrest made in relation to Stratford pedestrian struck in May 2022

Taranaki Police have arrested a man in relation to an incident in May 2022, where a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. The pedestrian was...

Second arrest for New Plymouth ram-raid

Police have arrested a second person in relation to the ram-raid burglary of a New Plymouth convenience store on 4 January. A 16-year-old male has...

Man charged over New Plymouth ram raid

Police have charged a man in relation to a ram-raid burglary at a central New Plymouth convenience store on 4 January. Four offenders used a...

Police updates – Taranaki car fire victim named, river users be aware

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 29 December 2022. Name release – Taranaki car fire Police can now confirm the name of the person who...

Taranaki car fire – police seek witnesses

At about 7.20am emergency services were alerted to a car fire on State Highway 3 (Mokau Road) where a person died. A vehicle examination and...

Person critically injured in Taranaki car fire has passed away – Updated

A person has been transported to hospital with critical injuries following a car fire in Taranaki this morning. Emergency services were advised at 7.20am that...

Urenui petrol station hold up – police appeal for sightings of Nissan Tiida

New Plymouth Police investigating an aggravated robbery of a Urenui petrol station are appealing to the public for assistance. A petrol station in Urenui was...

Police investigating assault on woman New Plymouth CBD

New Plymouth Police are making enquiries into an incident on Saturday night in which a woman was injured. The woman has been treated in hospital...

Homicide investigation launched after man’s body found in Hawera

A homicide investigation has been launched after the death of a man at an address on Albion Street, Hawera. Emergency services were called to the...

Police updates – Fatal crashes Hornby, Manukau, New Plymouth, Manukau Harbour missing person

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 12 November 2022. Name release - Fatal crash, Pound Road Police can now confirm the name of the person...

NZ Outdoors & Freedoms Party ‘appalled’ by NZTA’s ‘destruction’ on Mt. Messenger

The New Zealand Outdoors and Freedom Party is appalled that Waka Kotahi ( NZTA) and its contractors have started destroying trees, habitat and nests...

Violent Taranaki teen’s appeal against jail term refused

18 year-old Blake Hollins-Apiata was sentenced to two years and 6 months prison for breaking the jaw of an off-duty policeman. The assault happened after...

Police updates – Missing Whangarei man, Tariki fatal crash

Police updates on crimes and investigation for the afternoon of 4 October 2022. Name Release - Fatal crash, SH3 Tariki Police can confirm a third person...

Hawera McDonald’s assault – police appeal for information

Police are appealing for any information that could assist an investigation into a serious assault at Hawera McDonald’s. Just before 4pm on Monday 12 September,...

Police updates – missing Lower Hutt man, Tariki fatal crash

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 12 September 2022. Have you seen Omri Collins? Police are asking for the public's help finding Omri Collins, 27,...

Police updates – Marlborough meth arrests, New Plymouth fatal crash

Police updates on crimes and investigations for Saturday 10 September 2022. Arrests following Marlborough search warrants Marlborough Police have arrested four people and disrupted a methamphetamine...

Taranaki man Donald Forsyth jailed for sexual abuse of father and son

74 year old Forsyth was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months jail for sexual conduct on a child under 12 and indecent assault. Donald...

Rei Marshall homicide investigation – police looking for distinctive orange puffer jacket

Police investigating the homicide of Rei Marshall in New Plymouth earlier this month are seeking more help from the public. Three men have been charged...

Youth charged with murder of Tāngarākau man Adrian Humphreys

New Plymouth Police have made an arrest today following the alleged murder of Adrian Humphreys in Tāngarākau on 7 May 2022. A youth was arrested...

Arrests in Rei Marshall homicide, New Plymouth police seek info on two hatchbacks

Police investigating the homicide of Rei Marshall in New Plymouth last week have arrested three men in relation to his death. Rei, 23, was brought...

Operation Polar: Investigation into homicide of New Plymouth man Rei Marshall

Police have released the name of the man killed in a homicide in New Plymouth on Wednesday night, 3 August. He was 23-year-old Rei Joseph...

Homicide inquiry launched in Blagdon, New Plymouth

New Plymouth Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man last night. The man, who had serious injuries, was taken to...

Arrests made in Jacob Ramsay homicide investigation

Police have arrested and charged two men with the murder of Jacob Ramsay. The men, aged 39 and 18, were arrested yesterday. They are due to...

Police name Taranaki homicide victim

Police can now confirm the name of the man located deceased outside an Oaonui property on Sunday. He was Jacob Ramsay, 33 of Taranaki. 'Jacob was...

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...

Police updates – Anaru Moana disappearance, missing person found dead in New Plymouth

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 12 June 2022. Disappearance of Anaru Moana - search to take place in Waimate A search operation is due...

Man charged with the murder of New Plymouth woman Emma Field

Police have charged a man with the murder of Emma Field who died in a house fire in New Plymouth in May. The 31-year-old man...

Police updates – Waiinu and Turakina tragedies names released, climber’s body found on Banks Peninsula

Police updates on investigations and accidents for 20 June 2022. Body of climber found, Banks Peninsula Emergency services staff looking for a climber in the Banks...

Police on the look out for Hawera thief

Police are appealing for information to identify this man following an attempted robbery at a convenience store on Glover Road in Hawera. The incident took...

Police updates – Waiinu beach, Pelorus river tragedies, IPCA report findings on Chch arrest

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 7 June 2022. Police acknowledge IPCA report - Christchurch Central Police Station Holding Cell Police acknowledges the findings of...

Update – missing man, Midhirst

Police searching for missing man Steven Walton located the body of a man at a Midhirst property last week. Formal identification has taken place and...

Appeal for information after pedestrian struck by a vehicle in Stratford

Police are appealing to the public for any information that could help locate a vehicle which struck a pedestrian on Broadway in Stratford, last...

Police updates – Tangarakau murder victim named, fatal crash Auckland airport, Lawziah Karaitiana update

Police updates for investigations and cases 12 May 2022. Fatal incident, Owaka, Clutha Police are now in a position to confirm the name of the man...

Police updates – Tangarakau homicide, Castlepoint road death

Police updates for Sunday 8 May 2022. Serious crash, Kairanga, Manawatū A person has died following an earlier serious crash in Kairanga. The crash occurred at around...

Police updates – Waitara crash, Cambridge serious incident

Police updates for 5 May 2022. Body recovered, Waitara crash Police can confirm the body of one person has been recovered from the car that went...

New Plymouth Police shooting victim named

Statement of Assistant Commissioner Sandra Venables. Police can now release the name of the man shot by Police in New Plymouth on Saturday. He was Kaoss...

Fatal Police shooting, New Plymouth

A person has died after being shot by Police in New Plymouth tonight. The incident occurred while Police were conducting a vehicle stop on Devon...

Fake banknotes circulating in South Taranaki

South Taranaki Police are asking businesses to be on the lookout for counterfeit money, after fake banknotes were presented at businesses recently. Police are making...

Hunt for man who sexually assaulted elderly woman in Taranaki after changing her tyre

Police investigating a sexual assault in New Plymouth just before Christmas are asking for the public's help. The victim, an elderly woman, was sexually assaulted...

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