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Police 1 Jun 2008
Fatal police pursuit in Dargaville

DARGAVILLE — A police pursuit lasting just 31 seconds ended with the death of the male driver, the sole occupant of a car seen speeding by a police unit in Dargaville.

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Crime 31 May 2008
Bank robbery in Meadowbank

AUCKLAND CITY — The Mt Wellington Police are investigating the armed robbery of the ASB Bank, Meadowbank on Friday the 30th May 2008 at about 1:30pm.

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Traffic 31 May 2008
Person trapped in vehicle in Canterbury District

CANTERBURY — A crash on the riverbed 100 meters from the Ashley River Bridge.

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Traffic 31 May 2008
5 car crash in Wellington

LOWER HUTT — 5 car crash on the Western Hutt Road, northbound, 300 metres south of the Melling Station.

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Traffic 31 May 2008
Serious crash - Waihi Whangamata Rd, Whiritoa

WAIHI — Emergency services are at a car v truck & trailer crash approx 2km on the Waihi side of Waihi Whangamata Rd., Whiritoa.

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Traffic 31 May 2008
Serious crash - Mt. Wellington Highway

Emergency services are at the scene of a truck v truck crash which occurred on Mt Wellington Highway at about 6.15am today.

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Traffic 31 May 2008
Truck v 4 wheeler quad bike

WAIRARAPA — At approximately 3:40pm on the 30th May 2008, a 67 year old South Wairarapa farmer was struck while riding his 4 wheeler motor cycle on SH 53, Featherston.

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Traffic 30 May 2008
Heavy Traffic Flows

WELLINGTON —  Traffic on SH1 heading out of Wellington is starting to build.

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Crime 30 May 2008
Meadowbank Bank Robbery Update

AUCKLAND — Few further details are available in relation to the previously reported armed robbery at the Meadowbank ASB this afternoon.

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Deaths 30 May 2008
Body At Muriwai Not Suspicious

AUCKLAND — Rodney Police say an autopsy on the body found at Maori Bay, Muriwai last Monday night has found nothing suspicious.

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Employment 30 May 2008
Bank Robberies in Meadowbank and Otara

AUCKLAND — Auckland Police are busy dealing with two bank robberies.

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Traffic 30 May 2008
Serious crash SH16 Kumeu

KUMEU — Emergency services are attending a serious crash involving a truck & two cars outside the Kumeu Produce Market.

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Transport 29 May 2008
Train delayed by car on track

PALMERSTON NORTH — 9pm - At about 6:55pm tonight a driver got his vehicle stuck on the railway lines at the end of Tamatarau Side Rd, Tokomaru, Horowhenua.

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Traffic 29 May 2008
Car v Barrier in Wellington

LOWER HUTT — 8.50pm Car has hit the barrier on the corner of SH2 and Melling Link, Lower Hutt.

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Traffic 29 May 2008
Police Notice Improvement in Driver Behaviour

CANTERBURY — Canterbury Police, who for the last six weeks have been targeting drivers who follow too close, have noted some improvement in driver behaviour.

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Traffic 29 May 2008
Rock fall onto road in Wellington

WELLINGTON CITY — 6.15pm Rock fall onto road.

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Traffic 29 May 2008
Wellington Urban Motorway - broken down vehicle

WELLINGTON — Vehicle broken down.

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Traffic 29 May 2008
Safety campaign tackles fatigue in commercial drivers

WELLINGTON — Wellington Police District and the Accident Compensation Corporation today launched an innovative road safety campaign aimed at raising commercial driver and company awareness of fatigue, including the lack of awareness as a causal link in fatal and injury crashes.

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Police 28 May 2008
Great result for Southern recruiting

In a coup for Southern District, the two top place-getters in this wing were recruited from that Queenstown and Dunedin.

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Court 28 May 2008
Akill Sentencing Remanded to Hamilton High Court

HAMILTON — The sentencing of a Whitianga man who pled guilty to a variety of charges related to an international cyber-crime ring scheduled to take place in the Thames District Court tomorrow will now not be taking place.

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Traffic 28 May 2008
Operation Swamp

MORRINSVILLE — Just hours after a combined Police and Court Bailiff operation targeting rural Eastern Waikato roads officers were called to the scene of a fatal crash east of Morrinsville.

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Crime 28 May 2008
Public help catch pharmacy robber

CHRISTCHURCH — On the 27 May 2008 the Hornby Police arrested a 33 year old female for the Aggravated robbery of the Spreydon Pharmacy on 15 May 2008.

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Traffic 27 May 2008
Fatal crash near Morrinsville

MORRINSVILLE — Morrinsville Police are in attendance at a fatal vehicle incident near to Morrinsville.

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Traffic 27 May 2008
Serious injury crash in Lower Hutt

LOWER HUTT — Lower Hutt Police and the Wellington District Serious Crash Unit are investigating an incident that occurred in Konini Street, Wainuiomata this afternoon where a 9 year old boy was struck by a car.

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Crime 27 May 2008
Incident At Muriwai - Investigation Continues

AUCKLAND — Rodney Police have completed the scene examination at Maori Bay, Muriwai, where a body was discovered in a burnt out motor vehicle last night, Monday 26 May 2008.

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Police 27 May 2008
Police Investigating Incident At Muriwai

AUCKLAND — Rodney Police are at Maori Bay, Muriwai, investigating an incident in which a body has been discovered in a burnt out motor vehicle.

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Police 26 May 2008
White powder find in Whangarei

WHANGAREI — At about 3.15pm, a call was made to police that a staff member at 'the pulse', Raumanga Valley Road and Waka street, whangarei had opened an envelope containing a white powder.

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Traffic 26 May 2008
Power lines down in Avondale

AUCKLAND CITY — Police are attending a road incident at St Judes Street Avondale.

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Police 26 May 2008
New Zealander to head Solomon Islands Police

Peter Marshall of the New Zealand Police is to be sworn in as the Acting Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Police Force (SIPF).

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Traffic 26 May 2008
Oil spill on Rimutaka Hill

UPPER HUTT — 3pm Please exercise caution for the northbound lane of the Rimutaka Hill Road on the Upper Hutt side due to an oil spill.

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Police 26 May 2008
Anonymous Taxi driver to the rescue

HAMILTON — Hamilton Police are asking a taxi driver, who's actions were pivotal in the arrest of two men, to come forward so he can be given appropriate recognition for his actions early on Saturday morning.

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Police 25 May 2008
Police seek dangerous offender

AUCKLAND — Auckland City Police are urgently seeking the whereabouts of a 29 year-old man considered extremely dangerous and who should not be approached by members of the public.

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Traffic 25 May 2008
Fog on Desert Road

CENTRAL PLATEAU — Police advise motorists of low lying fog on Sh1 Desert Road near the Plateau.

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Police 25 May 2008
Serious assault resulting in death in Counties Manukau

MANUKAU CITY — The victim of the assault that occurred at the Heading Home Bar in Pakuranga on Friday night, died in Middlemore Hospital on saturday evening.

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Search and Rescue 25 May 2008
Missing Mirolight in Wairoa

HAWKE'S BAY — A search has started in the Wairoa area after a mirolight failed to return.

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Traffic 25 May 2008
Fatal crash in Gisborne

GISBORNE — Emergency Services are attending a Fatal crash at the intersection of Farmer road and Matawai Rd Gisborne.

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Crime 25 May 2008
Burglary of three bikes in New Plymouth

NEW PLYMOUTH — New Plymouth police are currently looking for a red ute with three stolen motor bikes in the rear after a burglary to the Yamaha dealership was broken into in leach Street New Plymouth this morning.

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Traffic 24 May 2008
Slips and flooding closes Napier Taupo Road

HAWKE'S BAY — Police advise the motoring public to take extreme caution when travelling in the area of State Highway 5, Te Pohue.

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Traffic 24 May 2008
Slips and flooding in Hawke's Bay

HAWKE'S BAY — Police advise the motoring public to take extreme caution when travelling in the area of State Highway 5, Te Pohue.

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Police 24 May 2008
Body of missing kayaker recovered

WEST COAST — Members of the Police National Dive Squad recovered the body of Allan William Hill from Lake Poerua at around 2.00pm today.

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Traffic 24 May 2008
North Shore fire causes traffic delays

NORTH SHORE CITY — Police on the North Shore are assisting Fire with a large fire in Beachhaven.

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Police 24 May 2008
Serious assault in Pakuranga

MANUKAU CITY — South Auckland CIB are investigating an assault that occurred outside Heading Home Bar n Grill in Pakuranga at about 8.00pm last night.

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Traffic 23 May 2008
Extreme caution advised on SH 2 Rimutaka

WELLINGTON — Police are advising motorists travelling on SH 2 Rimutaka this evening to take extreme care and drive to the conditions due to thick fog and heavy rain.

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Search and Rescue 23 May 2008
Kayaker believed to have drowned

WEST COAST — On the 23rd of May 2008 at approximately 11.20am emergency services were called to Lake Poerua, South of Lake Brunner near Greymouth.

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Police 23 May 2008
Suppression order runs out

AUCKLAND — Name suppression for a Massey man accused of two counts of meeting a young person under 16 following sexual grooming on the Internet, was lifted today in the Auckland District Court.

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Police 23 May 2008
Missing Korean tourist

NELSON — In February 2003 a Korean male tourist Jae Hyeon KIM, arrived in New Zealand for a backpacking holiday.

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Police 23 May 2008
Police focusing on Bushmaster training

Future Police training will place a greater emphasis on the Bushmaster rifle to ensure officers attending incidents where firearms may be involved are fully competent and confident in its use said Acting Assistant Commissioner Crime and Operations Gavin Jones.

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Search and Rescue 23 May 2008
Search for missing kayaker in West Coast

WEST COAST — 12pm Police and ambulance are currently at Lake Poerua, near Lake Brunner on the West Coast searching for a missing Kayaker.

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Police 23 May 2008
New funding to target causes of crime

Budget confirmation for funding the remainder of the promised 1250 additional staff will help police target the causes of crime, the Commissioner of Police, Howard Broad, said today.

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Traffic 23 May 2008
Truck hits motorway overbridge in Auckland

AUCKLAND CITY — At about 1020hrs a truck that was travelling south on the southern motorway struck the Penrose overbridge.

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Traffic 23 May 2008
Diesel spill closes Manawatu Gorge road

MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — 8am Police have closed Napier Road (Manawatu Gorge) due to a diesel spill that is currently affecting both lanes.

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Traffic 22 May 2008
Pedestrain died as result of motor vehicle accident

CANTERBURY — On the 22/05/08 at approximately 7.20 pm a male pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle on the northern approach to the Waitaki Bridge, south of Glenavy.

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Crime 22 May 2008
Armed robbery in Hataitai

WAIRARAPA — At about 6.30pm on Thursday 22 May 2008, Police were advised by a member of the public that they seen a shop assistant being manhandled in The Pharmacy, Moxham Ave, Hataitai and cash being stolen.

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Traffic 22 May 2008
Road closed Napier-Hastings Expressway

HAWKE'S BAY — Police are currently attending an incident on the Napier-Hastings Expressway in the area of the Ngaroa Bridge.

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News 22 May 2008
Man trapped under slabs in work accident, Burnside

CHRISTCHURCH — Emergency services attended a commercial premise today on Wairakei Road in Christchurch, where a man had become trapped under nine slabs of granite.

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Traffic 22 May 2008
Tour Bus Involved in Crash in Auckland City

AUCKLAND CITY — Police are clearing the scene of a crash at the intersection of Mt Eden and Boston Roads in Grafton.

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Traffic 22 May 2008
Slow Down for Road Workers

CHRISTCHURCH — Police say that road workers on the Christchurch Northern Motorway are pleading for motorists to slow down when passing through the temporary 70km/h road works area.

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Police 22 May 2008
Missing person in Wellington

WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police are concerned for the wellbeing of 81 year old female last seen at 1.30pm outside the After Hours Medical Centre on Adelaide Road, Newtown.

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Police 22 May 2008
Young man charged with family man's death

AUCKLAND CITY — A 24 year-old Mangere man will appear in the Auckland District Court today charged with the manslaughter of 61 year-old Onehunga resident Graham Wallace Arcus who died in Auckland Hospital on Tuesday morning [May 20] after being assaulted at about 9.20pm on Saturday, May 17.

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Police 21 May 2008
Youth received burns in black powder explosion

CHRISTCHURCH — At approximately 4.00 pm, 21/05/08, Police were advised of a small explosion that had occurred in the Halswell area.

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Police 21 May 2008
Drug squad find meth in Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH — At approximately 12.30 this morning the Christchurch Drug Squad executed a search warrant at a Spreydon property.

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Traffic 21 May 2008
Traffic delays due to East Auckland crash

AUCKLAND — Police advise traffic delays on Allens rd, East Tamaki.

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Police 20 May 2008
Fatal Vehicle Crash - Request for further witnesses

CHRISTCHURCH — The Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances around a motor vehicle crash on Wainoni Road just east of the intersection of Bickerton Street at 11.20 am on Wednesday 14 May 2008.

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Crime 20 May 2008
Elderly assault victim dies

AUCKLAND CITY — The death this morning of a 61 year-old Onehunga man who was assaulted at a bus stop in the Royal Oak suburb of Auckland has sparked a homicide investigation.

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News 20 May 2008
White powder causes building evacuation

WELLINGTON CITY — As of 1200hrs today Police Fire and Ambulance are attending an incident at the ACC building Molesworth St Wellington.

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Traffic 20 May 2008
Crash closes Bowen St

WELLINGTON CITY — 10.45am Bowen Street in Wellington between Tinakori Road and the Terrace will be closed for approximately one hour.

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Traffic 20 May 2008
Gravel spillage near Horokiwi

WELLINGTON — 10am A large amount of gravel has been spilled from a truck on State Highway Two, Horokiwi.

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Crime 19 May 2008
Vehicle robbed at knifepoint

AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland City Police are investigating a complaint of robbery at Blockhouse bay

Shortly before 9pm this evening a male complained that he had been robbed at knifepoint of his vehicle.

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Crime 19 May 2008
Two men charged with hospital attack

CHRISTCHURCH — Police have laid charges against two men over an incident which occurred at Hilmorton Hospital on 29 December 2007.

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Police 19 May 2008
Police are no longer seeking Patrick John McGreevy

Canterbury Police are longer seeking Patrick John McGreevy, who was apprehended yesterday.

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Police 19 May 2008
Decision of Coroner to Open and Conduct An Inquiry into the Death of Liat Okin

OTAGO — Coroner David Crerar has requested Police release the information below regarding the death of Liat Okin.

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Crime 18 May 2008
Pizza delivery man abducted in Howick

AUCKLAND — We have received a number of enquiries from media in regard to an item on TV3 news who reported that a Pizza delivery worker had been abducted this afternoon.

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Traffic 18 May 2008
Police at scene of van crash

LOWER HUTT — Police are on way to a van v lamp-post.

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Traffic 18 May 2008
Police warn caution after Bed falls off trailer onto the motorway

WELLINGTON — A bed has fallen of a trailer onto the motorway.

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Traffic 18 May 2008
One adult and one child dead after southern crash

OTAGO — At about 11.57pm on 17/5/08 a utility vehicle has crashed near Greenfield, approximately 30km from Balclutha, Otago.

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Traffic 18 May 2008
One dead after car hits barrier

WELLINGTON — Police are currently at the scene of a fatal car crash on Northland Tunnel Road in Wellington.

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Traffic 18 May 2008
13-year-old arrested after police pursuit

LOWER HUTT — Lower Hutt Police Police arrested a 13yr old boy shortly before 11.00pm Saturday night after a lengthy Police pursuit.

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Police 18 May 2008
Police search for missing man

MANUKAU CITY — South Auckland Police are concerned for the safety and welfare of missing 61 year old, Maurice Emery, who suffers from schizophrenia and dementia.

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Tramping 17 May 2008
Search and Rescue locate lost trampers

WAIKANAE — Police with Search and Rescue members are currently being deployed on the Parata Track in Waikanae.

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Search and Rescue 17 May 2008
Police confirm missing Israeli tourist's body found

OTAGO — A post-mortem on the body located near the Routeburn track on Friday morning has been completed this afternoon.

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Traffic 17 May 2008
One car crash causes delays on SH2

LOWER HUTT — Police and fire service are attending a crash involving one vehicle on State Highway 2.

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Deaths 17 May 2008
Police name victim of crash

CHRISTCHURCH — At about 6.30pm on 16 May 2008 Christchurch police attended a fatal crash on Lower Styx Road.

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Crime 17 May 2008
Male threatens to harm himself during domestic incident

HASTINGS — A 42 year old male has been arrested by police following a domestic incident in Hastings this morning.

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Traffic 17 May 2008
Drink Driving Operation in Wellington

WELLINGTON — The results from a drink drive blitz in Wellington overnight has Police hopeful that the drink drive message is finally getting through.

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Traffic 17 May 2008
Heavy fog in Wairarapa

WAIRARAPA — Heavy fog has been reported on SH 2 from Masterton to Featherston, and SH 53 from Tauherenikau to Featherston.

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Traffic 17 May 2008
Fatal crash in Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH — At about 6.30pm on 16 May 2008 Christchurch police attended a fatal crash on Lower Styx Road.

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Fire 16 May 2008
Fatal fire in Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH — At about 12 noon today at an address in Wilmot Street Christchurch there was a fatal fire.

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Transport 16 May 2008
Train V pedestrian in Lower Hutt

LOWER HUTT — 4.30pm Police and Fire service staff are currently at the scene of a train V pedestrain fatality on the Upper Hutt line.

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Police 16 May 2008
Police are seeking this man

CHRISTCHURCH — Police are wanting to know the whereabouts of Patrick John McGreevy who has breached his Prison Release.

Police are wanting to know the whereabouts of Patrick John McGreevy

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Search and Rescue 16 May 2008
Missing Israeli tourist's body found

OTAGO — At about 2:30 pm on 15 May 2008, a private search team located property belonging to missing Israeli tourist, Liat Okin, in dense bush near the Routeburn Track.

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News 16 May 2008
Rescue helicoptor deployed after bus crash

TARANAKI — Police and emergency services are responding to a vehicle collision with a car and a bus at the intersection of Opunake and Rowan Roads.

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Crime 16 May 2008
Arrest in Gobus robbery case

HAMILTON — Hamilton Police are describing help they received from the public as pivotal in the arrest of a man allegedly responsible for the aggravated robbery of a bus in the city on Wednesday night.

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Traffic 16 May 2008
Police look for witnesses to moped crash

WELLINGTON — Police are calling for witnesses to a collision between two mopeds to coome forward.

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Traffic 16 May 2008
Black Ice Warning on Desert Road

CENTRAL PLATEAU — Police have received reports of black ice on the Desert Road in the vicinity of the Three Sisters.

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Crime 16 May 2008
Hornby pharmacy robbed

CHRISTCHURCH — At about 2.25 pm on Thursday 15 May 2008 the Spreydon Pharmacy at 240 Barrington Street, Christchurch was robbed by a female holding a knife.

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Crime 16 May 2008
Man found dead in inner city apartment

WHANGANUI — Wanganui Police are investigating the death of a 56yr old man found in an inner city apartment yesterday.

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Deaths 15 May 2008
Fatal crash - New Brighton Christchurch update

CHRISTCHURCH — The female pedestrian killed after being hit by a car at the intersection of Wainoni Road and Bickerton Street at about 11am on 14 May 2008 has now been identified.

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Crime 15 May 2008
Operation Kennedy Release 4

WAIKATO — Police investigating last week's stabbing of a Te Aroha toddler charged his mother with inflicting the injury today.

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Crime 15 May 2008
Escaped Prisoner recaptured

AUCKLAND — Escaped prisoner Aaron Stephen FORDEN has been taken into custody in Papatoetoe this afternoon, after a short pursuit of the wanted man by Police, following an initial sighting by a member of the public.

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Traffic 15 May 2008
Vehicle Collision - Hutt Road (SH2) Wellington

WELLINGTON — Police and emergency services are dealing with a 4 car vehicle collision on Hutt Road (SH2) 200 metres south of the Horokiwi turn off in the north bound lane.

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