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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...

Serious crashes overnight in North Island

Serious crashes overnight have kept emergency services busy in the North Island. Serious crash, Te Awamutu One person is in critical condition following a single vehicle...

Guilty plea in Ngawai Himiona murder case

A 36 year old man has pleaded guilty today to the murder of Hamilton woman Ngawai Himiona. The crime took place on 16 December 2020...

Witness to Hamilton fatal crash identified

Police have identified the witness previously sought in relation to the fatal crash on River Road, Hamilton in April. Police were seeking the woman as...

Police continue to appeal for information following Taupiri firearms incident

Waikato Police continue to make enquiries following the firearms incident in Taupiri yesterday morning which left one person with moderate injuries. West Waikato Area Commander...

Police seek witness to fatal Hamilton crash named ‘Michelle’

Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal crash in Hamilton in April. Emergency services we alerted to the two-car crash on River Road, Fairfield at...

Man shot at while dropping child off at Taupiri School

A man is lucky to be alive after he was shot at while dropping off a child at Taupiri School in the Waikato. Waikato West...

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...

Waikato drug bust sees cash and drugs seized

Waikato Police have arrested six men and seized drugs and assets following Operation Poapoa. The operation targeted an organised criminal group allegedly importing and distributing...

Cocaine, methamphetamine and cash seized in Operation Bali

Ten people have been arrested and large quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and cash have been seized following a joint Police and Customs operation. Police located...

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 – Fatal Tapapa crash, Wainuiomata ram raid burglary

Police updates on crimes and investigations for the morning of 3 June 2022. SH5, Tapapa, South Waikato Police can confirm one person has died following a...

Police update enquiry into the whereabouts of Tom Phillips and his children

Waikato Police have continued to receive information from the community since the renewed public appeal via the recent Ten 7 Aotearoa programme. "This is extremely...

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...

Fatal crashes in Meanee, Otaki and Ohaupo

Police have released information relating to three recent fatal vehicle accidents. Fatal crash, Meeanee Police can confirm a man has died following a single vehicle fatal...

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 – 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...

Police updates: Dunedin house fire, fatal crash Ngaruawahia

Police updates for 27 April 2022. Name release - Dunedin house fire Police can now name the man who died in a house fire on Phillips...

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: Manurewa stolen vehicles, Edgecumbe assault, milk tanker attack

Police updates for 22 April 2022. Two men charged for unlawful hunting near Kawerau Two men have been arrested and charged in relation to unlawful hunting...

Cops investigating after fight erupts in Hamilton Kmart

Fight starts after two women tried to leave store without paying. A video of the incident on Facebook shows a female security guard struggling with...

Police investigating death of child in Hamilton

Police are investigating following the death of a two-year-old girl in Hamilton. About 11am Saturday Police were flagged down by the occupants of a vehicle...

Police release update on Jade Pui Raglan homicide investigation

Waikato Police continue the homicide investigation into the death of Jade Pui, 42, who died in Raglan on 26 January. Police were called to Wainui...

Police urge people to come forward in Operation Dell, Taupō Homicide investigation

Police say they are making good progress in Operation Dell, the homicide investigation into the death of Ryan Woodford. Mr Woodford died at the Adelphi...

Meremere homicide: Police seek information on alleged offender’s movements

Police investigating the murder of Abdul Kareem are seeking information from the public regarding the movements of the alleged offender. Our enquiries indicate the alleged...

Arrest made in Meremere homicide investigation

Police investigating the homicide of Abdul Kareem have made an arrest. A 35-year-old man is due in Hamilton District Court today charged with the Mangere...

Name release, Meremere homicide investigation

Police are now able to release the name of the man who’s body was recovered, in Meremere on Tuesday, 15 February. He was Abdul Kareem,...

Investigation underway into sudden death in Meremere

An investigation surrounding a suspicious death is underway after the discovery of a man’s body in Meremere on Tuesday. Police have been investigating the circumstances...

Police name Raglan homicide victim

Police are now able to release the name of the man who died in Raglan, Waikato on Wednesday 26 January. He was Jade Pui, also...

Investigation launched following death of man in Raglan, police seek sightings of white Mitsubishi Legnum

Waikato Police have launched an investigation after a man’s body was found in a parked car outside a residential address in Raglan at about...

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