Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Whanganui Crown Solicitor Michele Marina Wilkinson-Smith as a High Court Judge.
Justice Wilkinson-Smith graduated with an LLB...
Muriwai fatality: Name release
Police can now release the name of the person who died following an incident on Muriwai Beach on Sunday.
She was Madison...
Police are following strong lines of inquiry in a homicide investigation underway in Rangitikei District.
Officers were called to a property on Makohine Lane, Ohingaiti...
Whanganui Police are continuing to investigate the serious assault that occurred at an Aromoho address on Saturday 2 December 2023.
Police responded to the Paterson...
Police updates on crimes and investigations for 12 November 2023.
Name release, Stoke homicide
Nelson Bays Police are now able to name the man that died...
Whanganui Police are seeking help from the public following a hit and run in the Castlecliff area yesterday evening.
Around 7:45pm, a group of young...
A motorcyclist critically injured in a crash on State Highway 1, Taihape, yesterday has died.
The crash, involving a car and a motorcycle, was reported...
Police can now advise one person has died following a crash on SH3 near Pākaraka, Whanganui.
The two-vehicle crash happened shortly after 1:30pm yesterday between...
Police are urging people heading into the outdoors to be adequately prepared, after two ill-prepared men were rescued from Mount Ngauruhoe in the weekend.
At...
A man has been charged with money laundering following multiple reports of a false investment scam circulating New Zealand.
Police have received multiple reports of...
Central District Police targeting boy racers had great success recently as part of an operation focusing on disrupting anti-social road user behaviour.
The operation, which...
Police updates on crimes and investigations for 19 June 2023.
Information sought following serious assault, Whanganui
Whanganui Police are appealing for information after a man was...
Whanganui Police have this evening arrested a 43-year-old man, following a family harm-related incident in the Parikino area this morning.
Police were called to the...
Police updates on crimes and investigations for 27 March 2023.
Fatal crash, Maraekakaho Road, Hastings
Police can confirm one person has died in hospital following a...
Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed a vehicle driving erratically in the area of Longacre Road, Okoia, Whanganui, around midday yesterday.
A...
At around 3.30pm yesterday Police attended an incident on a private property in Westmere, near Whanganui.
An infant has died in what appears to have...
Whanganui Police are investigating after a male self-presented at Whanganui Hospital with a serious stab wound.
Early enquiries have established that an incident took place...
Police updates on crimes and investigatons for 21 October 2022.
Pedestrian death - Dunedin
A pedestrian struck by a car in Carroll Street, Dunedin has died.
The...
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...
Whanganui Police acknowledge the sentencing of Zane Wallace today in relation to the death of Jasmine Wilson.
Wallace plead guilty to murder earlier this year...
Seven people were charged, 10 cars seized or impounded, and almost 150 infringement notices were issued following a successful operation run by Central District...
Police investigating the homicide of Adrian Humphreys in Tāngarākau on 7 May are continuing to search for items of interest as the investigation progresses.
“Locals...