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Police updates – Waihola Highway crash, house fire in Ngaruawahia, Firth of Thames missing kayaker

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 6 November 2022. Update - Waihola Highway crash One person has died following a crash on Waihola Highway (State...

Dr. Gaurav Sharma launches NZ Momentum Party – ‘Country before Party’

The Independent MP for Hamilton West is hard on the campaign trial for the upcoming byelection. In a statement published on his Facebook page Sharma...

SH 39 fatal crash – police appeal for witnesses

Police are appealing to the community for any witnesses relating to the fatal vehicle crash on State Highway 39, between Pirongia and Ngahinapouri townships...

Police investigating firearm incident on Norton Road, Hamilton

Police are investigating following a report of a firearm being discharged at an address on Norton Road, Hamilton around 12:30pm. It is understood one person...

18 year old woman arrested for murder of Hamilton toddler

Police have arrested an 18-year-old woman following the death of a 2-year-old girl in Hamilton in April. The woman has been charged with murder and...

Hamilton West byelection – candidate selections firming

Labour announced businesswoman Georgie Dansey will contest the seat. She will go up against former Labour MP Dr. Gaurav Sharma, who is currently standing as...

Police updates – fatal crashes in Kaimai Ranges, Ngahinapouri and US Tourist death

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 1 November 2022. Name release, fatal crash, SH 29, Kaimai Ranges Police can now name the person who died...

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...

Waikato Police investigating commercial incidents overnight

Waikato District Police are investigating a number of commercial burglaries across the district overnight. Police responded to events in Thames, Chartwell, central Hamilton, Hamilton East...

Shaw’s Bird Park, the road, and the Council: A bureaucratic nightmare in Hamilton

The Americans say “You can’t fight City Hall”. When you take on your council, Big Bureaucracy always wins because it is not a fair...

Paeroa assault – police seek sightings of white van or ute ‘driving erratically’

Police investigating an incident in Paeroa are appealing to the public for sightings of a vehicle. A reported assault occurred on Puke Street between about...

Hamilton West by-election date announced

The Hamilton West by-election will be held on Saturday 10 December, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. The by-election follows the announcement of the resignation...

Witnesses sought after fatal crash in Pukete, Hamilton

Police are asking witnesses to come forward after the death of a man following a crash in Pukete, Hamilton, on Wednesday 21 September. Officers were...

Violent murderer who stabbed Hamilton mum to death named as Cory Purutanga

The man who stabbed a Hamilton mum to death in a violent, frenzied attack had name suppression throughout the court process. That suppression order finally...

Body found, Waikato River, Ngāruawāhia

Police are making enquiries after a deceased person was located in the Waikato River near Driver Road West, Ngāruawāhia yesterday. Police were notified at around...

Police updates – Turakina and Te Kawa fatal crashes, charges laid Wgtn Motorway protest

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 12 October 2022. Name release - SH 3, Turakina crash Police can now release the name of the pedestrian...

Police updates – Nawton robbery, Rangiora emergency landing

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 10 October 2022. Information sought following aggravated robbery, Nawton Police are asking for the public's help following an aggravated...

Violent Kmart thief jailed

Co-accused Kitia Lucy Toimata, 24, and Sharice Walker-Grace appeared in the Hamilton District Court today for sentencing over the April 2022 incident. On 16 April,...

Police updates – Beerescourt aggravated robbery, Invercargill disorder incident

Police updates on crimes and investigations for Saturday 1 October 2022. Reminder to drive to the conditions, Rotorua Police are reminding motorists to drive to the...

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...

Hamilton shopping centre incidents investigations – police update

Police are continuing to investigate incidents at two shopping malls in Hamilton on Sunday. At around 5:45am, a group of offenders smashed their way into...

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 updatess – Hamilton missing teenager and shopping centre break-in

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 25 September 2022. Have you seen Madison Young? Police are appealing for the public's help to find 15-year-old Madison...

Fatal crash on SH 26 at Hikutaia

Police can confirm one person has died following a crash on SH26/Paeroa Kopu Road this afternoon. The crash was reported around 2:30pm. The road is now...

Police updates – names released in Cambridge and Lake Brunner fatal crashes

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 19 September 2022. Name release - Lake Brunner Road crash Police can now name the man killed in a...

Police updates – Nawton scissor attack murder charge, Flat Bush fatal crash

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 17 September 2022. Man charged with murder following Nawton incident A 48-year-old man has been charged with murder in...

Fatality confirmed following scissor stabbing incident in Nawton, Hamilton

Police can confirm that a person has died following an incident in Roy Street, Nawton, Hamilton this morning. 'Police were called to the residential property...

Motorist dies following collision with parked ambulance in Cambridge

The serious crash unit is investigating after a fatal crash on Tirau Road in Cambridge in the early hours of this morning. Around 3:39am, a...

Hamilton aggravated robbery on Gordonton Road – police investigating

Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at a store on Gordonton Road in Hamilton last night. At around 8pm, several offenders entered the store armed...

Police updates – Ngongotaha robbery, Aka Aka fatal crash, Westmere incident

Updates on crimes and police investigations for 4 September 2022. Train incident - Kapiti Police are now in a position to confirm a person has died...

Arrest following Northgate aggravated robbery, Hamilton

Police made an arrest this week in relation to the aggravated robbery of security staff uplifting cash from a Northgate bank on 22 August. A...

Arrests in Queen St burglary and Chartwell ram raid investigations

Police make arrests in relation to separate investigations into the burglary of a Queen Street jeweller, and the ram raid of Hamilton's Chartwell shopping...

Ngawai Himiona murderer gets ‘life imprisonment’

The man has continued name suppression and will spend at least 17 years in jail. The man pleaded guilty on 16 June 2022 and appeared...

Fatal crash, Kaimarama

Police can confirm a person has died following a two-vehicle crash in Kaimarama last night. The crash was reported to Police about 9.05pm. The road is...

North Island crime spree – two men arrested

Police investigating an aggravated burglary in Kawerau early yesterday morning have now made two arrests. Police received a report of a burglary at a commercial...

Police issue update on search for Tom Phillips and his kids

Waikato Police are widening the appeal for sightings in relation to missing man Tom Phillips, and his children Jayda, Maverick and Ember. "Despite a number...

Hamilton police appeal for witnesses, dash cam footage – aggravated robbery

Police investigating an aggravated robbery at Hamilton bank yesterday are following strong lines of enquiry. The aggravated robbery of security staff uplifting cash from a...

Police updates – Road fatalities Waikato Expressway, Mangapapa

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 21 August 2022. Fatal crash, Mangapapa One person has died following a single-vehicle crash on Ormond Road, Mangapapa. Emergency services...

Fatal house fire in Thames early this morning

One person has died following a house fire in Thames overnight. Police and FENZ were called to the property on Paeroa Kopu Road about 12.30am...

Homcide investigation after woman’s body found in Cambridge – suspect located in Te Aroha and arrested

A homicide investigation is underway following the death of a woman in Cambridge overnight. Emergency services were alerted to the woman’s death at around 1:20am. An...

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