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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...

Te Aroha incident – police advise public not to pick up hitchhikers

Police are investigating an ongoing incident in Te Aroha. 'There will be an increased Police presence in the area this morning,' said a statement. 'Members of...

Further arrests in relation to Hautapu Cemetery damage in Cambridge

Cambridge Police have arrested another two people for the damage caused to the Hautapu Cemetery on Monday 1 August. A 24-year-old man is due to...

Arrest in relation to Cambridge cemetery damage

Cambridge Police have arrested a 19-year-old local man in relation to damage caused at Hautapu Cemetery this week. The man has been charged with intentional...

Police updates – Napier and Oamaru fatal crashes, West Waikato car thefts

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 3 August 2022. Fatal crash - Oamaru Police can confirm two people have died following the crash near Oamaru...

Unexplained death of woman being investigated in Hamilton

Hamilton Police are making enquiries into the unexplained death of a woman at an address on Lake Road. Police were alerted when the woman was...

Police appeal for information into Hamilton incidents

Waikato Police are seeking information from the public following a number of assaults that occured in Hamilton overnight. An 18-year-old local man was stabbed in...

Operation Bush: Massive money laundering operation ‘dismantled’

A Police operation has dismantled a sophisticated drug dealing and money laundering operation across the North Island, with eight arrests and more than $6.5...

Jury finds Adrian Phillips guilty of the murder of Bayden Williams

In the Hamilton High Court today, Adrian Reginald George Phillips was found guilty of murdering father-of-one Bayden Williams. On 5 August 2020 Phillips rammed Williams'...

Police updates – Whangamata crash, Queenstown burglaries, Kaikohe firearms incident

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 29 June 2022. Update – Deceased woman, Kau Bay Following a post-mortem examination today, Police can confirm that the...

Arrests in Operation Rangiriri

Police have arrested three people in relation to Operation Rangiriri, the serious assault on the Waikato Expressway in March. Seven search warrants, four in Auckland...

Update – Matamata firearms incident

Enquiries are continuing following a firearms incident in Wardville near Matamata this morning. Police were initially called to Waghorn Road just after 1.35am after a...

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