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Aviation 25 Oct 2007
Two in hospital after aircraft crash

10:40 Police are currently attending an incident at the Omaka Airfield near Blenheim where it is believed a light aircraft has crashed landed into a riverbed near the airfield immediately after takeoff.

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Police 25 Oct 2007
Police hunt Palmerston North gunman

PALMERSTON NORTH — At 10.15 pm last night Wednesday 24th October 2007 a male approached an house in Geraldine Cres Cloverlea Palmerston North.

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Traffic 23 Oct 2007
Accident leaves driver in serious condition

PAPAKURA — At approximately 4.45pm a truck has collided with a car on Papakura-Clevedon Road, Ardmore.

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Police 23 Oct 2007
Facts around police involvement with school buses at Ruatoki last week

BAY OF PLENTY — Police have now checked the facts surrounding allegations around armed police involvement with school buses in the Ruatoki Valley last Monday.

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Traffic 23 Oct 2007
Logging truck blocks road near Whangarei

WHANGAREI — At approximately 4.40pm a logging truck has over turned on Mangakahia Road, Parakao, Whangarei.

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Traffic 23 Oct 2007
High wind warning makes road to dangerous to negotiate

DANNEVIRKE — The winds in the Dannevirke region have now become too extreme for trucks to safely negotiate this area.

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Traffic 23 Oct 2007
Police advise against using windy road after two trucks roll

SOUTHLAND — Road Warning: Police now wish to advise that due to an increase in high winds in the area between Stony Creek and Balclutha at Windy Ridge that Police now recommend that no heavy vehicles take that route.

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Traffic 23 Oct 2007
High wind warning for the Rimutaka

WELLINGTON — Police are warning all motorists using the Rimutaka Hill road to exercise extreme caution due to the very high winds currently affecting the area.

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Traffic 23 Oct 2007
Papakura truck crash causes motorway delays

PAPAKURA — A crash involving a truck and two cars is causing major delays on the southern motorway at Papakura.

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Weather 23 Oct 2007
Southland wind warning

SOUTHLAND — As forewarned - high winds are causing roofs to lift in the Bluff and Invercargill as high winds hit the area at 0600hrs.

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Traffic 22 Oct 2007
Traffic backs up as Aucklanders head home from the Coromandel

AUCKLAND — This is to advise that traffic is backed up 7 kilometres from Kopu bridge on the Thames township side.

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Police 22 Oct 2007
North Shore Police Seek Assistance

NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Police are investigating an incident on Browns Bay Beach last Friday night, the 19th of October 2007, where a disoriented young woman was found semi-clothed and in a distressed state.

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Mountain Biking 22 Oct 2007
Mountian bikers get caught out in extreme weather conditions

OTAGO — Police were advised at 1655 yesterday of four mountain bike riders who had taken to shelter on top of the Crown Range owing to extreme weather conditions.

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Search and Rescue 21 Oct 2007
Woman with broken leg flown to hospital

WANAKA — Police were alerted to a female with a broken leg in the Lugget Creek area near Wanaka.

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Search and Rescue 21 Oct 2007
Windsurfer assisted by search and rescue

 At 1440 hrs Police received reports of a windsurfer in trouble off The Taieri River Mouth.

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Fishing 21 Oct 2007
Whitebaiter swept to death

HOKITIKA — Shortly after 1310hrs today a male whitebaiter was swept to his death from the mouth of the Hokitika River.

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Search and Rescue 21 Oct 2007
Search continues for missing rafting guide

CENTRAL PLATEAU — The search for a trainee rafting guide missing on the Rangitikei River from a rafting trip yesterday continues.

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Police 21 Oct 2007
Suspicious Death in Nelson

NELSON — At about 6:06am this morning Police were called to Nelson Hospital to a report that a man had died on arrival at the Emergency Departmant.

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Police 20 Oct 2007
No criminal action in Lower Hutt incident

LOWER HUTT — Wellington Police are satisfied that an incident took place in Lower Hutt last weekend with a young woman and men linked with the New Zealand Rugby League team.

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News 20 Oct 2007
Road closed after car vs power pole

NORTH SHORE CITY — At approximately 8am this morning a vehicle collided with a power pole on Sunnybrae Road,Hillcrest, North Shore.

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Police 20 Oct 2007
Decision not to charge on firearms discharge

MORRINSVILLE — A decision on whether Morrinsville farmer, Lloyd Bonnar, will be charged after discharging a firearm during the course of an altercation at his farm in August has been reached.

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Traffic 20 Oct 2007
Holiday road toll at 1

PAPAKURA — Police are currently at the scene of a fatal crash involving a male motorcyclist in the Northbound Lanes of the Southern Motorway in the Papakura area.

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Police 19 Oct 2007
Decision not to charge on firearms discharge

MORRINSVILLE — A decision on whether Morrinsville farmer, Lloyd Bonnar, will be charged after discharging a firearm during the course of an altercation at his farm in August has been reached.

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Traffic 19 Oct 2007
Waikanae passing lanes closed

WAIKANAE — Due to the expected large volume of traffic heading north from Wellington the passing lanes at Waikanae have been coned off.

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Police 19 Oct 2007
Christchurch police find P lab in New Brighton

CHRISTCHURCH — At 6 am this morning Police executed a search warrant at an address in Endeavour street, New Brighton, Christchurch.

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Traffic 19 Oct 2007
Fatal crash diverts traffic on Invercargill - Bluff Hwy

BLUFF — At 0927hrs 19/10/07, a truck and car collided on the Invercargill - Bluff section of SHW1.

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Traffic 19 Oct 2007
Truck crash Kapiti coast

WELLINGTON — At the junction of Akatarawa & Reikorangi Rds a truck has crashed.

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Traffic 19 Oct 2007
Rock 'size of small car' creates hazard on road.

WAIKATO — Please advise the motoring public that a rock fall has blocked the South bound lane of the Taupo- Napier Highway (State Highway 5).

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Fishing 19 Oct 2007
Man located in water clinging to Dinghy

AUCKLAND — A man was located clinging to his tin dinghy in water near Eastern Beach at approx 9.05pm tonight.

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Weather 18 Oct 2007
Snow Warning in North

CENTRAL PLATEAU — Cold southerlies may bring some snow to the Desert Rd the evening between 6pm and midnight.

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Crime 18 Oct 2007
Police question man who presented imitation pistol at shopkeeper

CHRISTCHURCH — Shortly after 10.30am today (Thursday 18 October) Police responded to a report of an incident in a dairy on Selwyn St, Sydenham, Christchurch.

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Police 18 Oct 2007
Police seek female threatening to harm herself

WAIKATO — Police are looking for a 1994 White Suzuki SR306 hatchback reg: SR306.

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Traffic 18 Oct 2007
Car rolls and blocks tunnel

WELLINGTON — 06:00 -A car which has rolled inside The Terrace tunnel has caused the closure of both north bound lanes.

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Rugby 17 Oct 2007
NZ Police to sponsor Auckland Secondary Schools Rugby

AUCKLAND — NZ Police and the Auckland Rugby Football Union are proud to announce that NZ Police will be the naming rights sponsor of the 1A and 1B Auckland Secondary Schools 1st XV competition in 2008.

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Police 17 Oct 2007
Op Highland arrests

WAIKATO — Operation Highland Floyd Te Tai and Neil Paul arrested after 12 month hunt.

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Traffic 17 Oct 2007
Surface floding and slips casue dealys on SH 3

TARANAKI — Police are warning motorists of hazardous driving conditions in the State Highway 3 (Awakino) area.

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Traffic 17 Oct 2007
More slips close roads

MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — Police attended a large slip which caused a road blockage at Sh 4, Waimarino, about 7 km south of Raetihi at 1pm today.

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Traffic 17 Oct 2007
Care on roads as slips slow traffic

MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — Police are advising motorists to take care if travelling through the Manawatu Gorge today, due to weather-related problems.

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Crime 17 Oct 2007
Police after alleged armed robber

CHRISTCHURCH — At about 10.15am on 17/10/07 a disguised Male has entered a dairy on the Somerfield St/Barrington St intersection, Christchurch and allegedly present a firearm.

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News 17 Oct 2007
Police urge caution as winds cause mayhem

CENTRAL PLATEAU — 00:30 - Police are advising motorists to excercise extreme care when driving on State Highway Two between Masterton and Woodville, due to exceptionally high winds.

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Police 16 Oct 2007
Police investigate sexual violation complaint

WELLINGTON — Wellington CIB are investigating a complaint from a young woman that she was sexually violated by men believed to be with the New Zealand Rugby League team.

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Traffic 16 Oct 2007
People trapped after head-on smash

ROTORUA — State Highway five at Fitzgerald Glade is still blocked as emergency services clear the scene of an earlier crash involving a truck and a tour bus.

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Police 16 Oct 2007
Police praised after saving man with CPR

HAMILTON — At approximately 4.00am this morning, Hamilton Police stopped a motor vehicle on Maeroa Road, Hamilton.

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Traffic 15 Oct 2007
Arrive alive this Labour weekend

WELLINGTON — Police in the Wellington District are urging road users to travel safe and 'Arrive Alive' this Labour Holiday weekend.

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Police 15 Oct 2007
Palmerston North court appearance

PALMERSTON NORTH — A man will appear in the Palmerston North District Court this afternoon on joint charges under the Arms Act following a series of search warrants executed in various parts of the country.

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Police 15 Oct 2007
Court appearances in Wellington

WELLINGTON CITY — Two men and two women will appear in the Wellington District Court this afternoon following a series of search warrants executed in the city today.

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Police 15 Oct 2007
Police act in the interests of public safety

BAY OF PLENTY — Early this morning specialist armed Police carried out search warrants at locations throughout New Zealand in relation to firearms offences.

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Police 15 Oct 2007
Search warrants executed in Wellington

WELLINGTON — Specialist staff and investigators from Wellington Police District have early this morning executed several search warrants looking for people, firearms and ammunition.

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Police 15 Oct 2007
Police operation in Bay of Plenty

BAY OF PLENTY — Police have today executed search warrants in the Bay of Plenty seeking firearms and other weapons.

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Police 15 Oct 2007
Inquiries continue into Wainuiomata death

WAINUIOMATA — Lower Hutt Police are speaking with family members and friends as part of their investigation into the unexplained death of a 22-year-old Wainuiomata woman.

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Police 15 Oct 2007
Police ask for assistance after sighting of missing woman

CHRISTCHURCH — Request for assistance: Christchurch Police are seeking sightings of a missing woman, last seen in Worcester Street at 8.45 am on Sunday the 14/10/07.

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Police 15 Oct 2007
Police and Defence called to assess 'corroded bomb'

AUCKLAND — Police closed a section of Tapu Road Kumeu as a precaution after a local resident unearthed what was described as a corroded two foot long bomb in his back yard.

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Marine 14 Oct 2007
Police assist three in harbour as weather worsens

AUCKLAND — Police and Coastguard have so far assisted three people in difficulty on the inner harbour; one in a kayak, one in a dinghy with a broken oar and one on a surf board.

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Police 14 Oct 2007
AOS deployed to Opotiki house

OPOTIKI — Armed Offenders Squad members were deployed to an Opotiki address where concerns were held for a man who had threatened self harm.

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Police 14 Oct 2007
Investigation continues into unexplained death

WAINUIOMATA — Lower Hutt Police and forensic experts are today continuing their scene examination at a Wainuiomata house where a woman died on Friday.

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News 13 Oct 2007
Greymouth Police recapture escaped Prisoner William TAWHAI

GREYMOUTH — This morning at approximately 8.00am Greymouth Police recaptured escaped prisoner William Tawhai.

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Police 13 Oct 2007
Woman's death investigated in Wainuiomata

WAINUIOMATA — Lower Hutt Police are investigating the death of a 22 year old Wainuiomata woman.

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Police 13 Oct 2007
Police seek suitable organisations to recieve diversion donations

Police are seeking applications from suitable organisations to receive donations made as part of the Police Adult Diversion Scheme.

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Traffic 13 Oct 2007
Crash near Waihola kills one, injures another

OTAGO — At about 0020hrs on Saturday 13/10/07 a head on crash has occured on shw1 just North of the Waihola bridge.

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Crime 13 Oct 2007
Attempted Robbery and assault of young boy

NEWTOWN PARK — Attempted Robbery and assault of a boy in Newtown Wellington Police are investigating an attempted robbery of a boy aged between 10 and 11 years which occurred at the corner of Riddiford Street and Hall Street, Newtown, Wellington which occurred about 5.50 p.m.

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Traffic 12 Oct 2007
Delays on Wellington roads

WELLINGTON — Police advise motorists to expect delays when travelling over Haywards Hill for the next couple of hours due to an accident.

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Traffic 12 Oct 2007
lights out at intersection due to heavy port traffic

WELLINGTON CITY — Police advise that the lights at the intersection of the Port of Wellington entrance and the Westpac Stadium entrance are not working.

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Traffic 12 Oct 2007
Police investigate crash after car stops 20m down bank

MARTINBOROUGH — Martinborough Police and the police serious crash team are investigating a fatal crash which occurred on a rural road 25kms East of Martinborough on Thursday evening.

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Search and Rescue 12 Oct 2007
Police hopeful missing Kayaker will be found safe today

WELLINGTON — The Wellington Police Search and Rescue squad are to re-commence a search for a missing kayaker in the Hutt River at first light on Friday morning.

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Police 11 Oct 2007
Future directions of Pacific policing

WELLINGTON — The annual meeting of the 36th Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) was held in Wellington, New Zealand from 8 - 12 October 2007.

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Police 11 Oct 2007
Police graduates fit for purpose

"Police are pleased that the Cerno report on Police Standards and Assessment Practice affirms that constables graduating from the Royal New Zealand Police College are fit for purpose", the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Lyn Provost said today.

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Police 11 Oct 2007
Life experience valuable for future with NZ Police

The graduation of fifty-eight new police officers from The Royal New Zealand Police College this Thursday will bring the number of sworn police officers on the street to 8000.

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Traffic 10 Oct 2007
Crash kills one, sends three children to hospital

WAIKATO — 18:00 - Police and other emergency services are currently at the scene of a fatal crash on State Highway One, Pairere, South Waikato.

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Police 10 Oct 2007
White powder found in mail

TIMARU — Timaru Police are investigating an incident in which white powder was discovered in mail items being sorted at the New Zealand Post mail centre in Treneglos Street, Waskdyke this morning.

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Traffic 10 Oct 2007
Car rolled Wainuiomata Hill Rd

LOWER HUTT — 4pm - Car rolled, down hill side towards Lower Hutt.

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Traffic 10 Oct 2007
Three car crash blocks lane in Lower Hutt

LOWER HUTT — Police on way to 3 car crash north bound on SH2 between Dowse Dr and Melling Link.

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Traffic 10 Oct 2007
Bus v Bus v Car in Porirua

PORIRUA — Two buses and a car have crashed at the junction of Seaview Rd and Bayview Rd in Porirua.

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Traffic 10 Oct 2007
Traffic backing up after accident

WELLINGTON — Accident on the corner of Tringham St and Karori Rd.

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Police 10 Oct 2007
One stabbed in eye, three others injured in Gisborne

GISBORNE — At approx 20.11 hours on the 9th October 2007,the St Johns Ambulance service advised Police of an incident that had just occurred on Ormond Road, Riverdale, GISBORNE.

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Traffic 10 Oct 2007
Police urge caution on Wellington roads

WELLINGTON — Driving conditions in the Wellington Area are poor, roads are very wet.

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Police 9 Oct 2007
Nauru policewoman wins award

A Nauru policewoman with only five years service has won a Pacific policing award for her leadership and development achievements.

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Crime 9 Oct 2007
Student has good recall of Myers Park attacker

AUCKLAND CITY — Police investigating the vicious rape of an 18 year-old student in Myers Park in the early hours of Saturday morning (October 6), are encouraged by the fact the victim has been able to give a clear enough description of her attacker to be able to generate a compusketch likeness of him.

Sketch of Myers Park rapist

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Police 9 Oct 2007
AOS at house with 'strong smell'

BAY OF PLENTY — Police are temporarily closing Pohutukawa Avenue in Ohope, between Hillcrest Gorge and Wainui to allow Armed Offender Squad members to clear an Ohope address.

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Police 8 Oct 2007
Pacific Islands Police Chiefs meet in Wellington

WELLINGTON CITY — Tackling domestic violence and trans-national crime will be discussed by Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police when they meet at their conference in Wellington this week.

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Flooding 8 Oct 2007
Road closed due to flooding and carpark about to flood

LOWER HUTT — Due to the high level of the Hutt River, Block Road in Lower Hutt has been closed.

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Weather 8 Oct 2007
Surface Flooding and High Winds cause concern for police

WELLINGTON — Can you please drive with care in the Lower North Island area.

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Traffic 7 Oct 2007
Two die in North Shore crash

NORTH SHORE CITY — Two people are dead and a third has been flown to Auckland hospital with serious injuries following a head-on crash on Bawden Road at Redvale, south of the North Shore Airfield.

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Traffic 7 Oct 2007
Police warn motorists of high winds

WELLINGTON CITY — Police are advising motorists to excercise extreme caution if crossing the Rimutuka Hill due to high winds.

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Police 6 Oct 2007
Police officer attacked with baseball bat

NEW PLYMOUTH — A Police Officer in downtown New Plymouth was assaulted with a baseball bat tonight.

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Traffic 6 Oct 2007
Man dies after car leaves road

AUCKLAND — At approximately 00.03hrs a car lost control in Alfriston Road and has driven over an embankment.

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Traffic 5 Oct 2007
Police advise caution due to gusty winds

WELLINGTON — Police advise that winds on Rimutuka Hill Road are extremely gusty and causing driving issues.

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Police 5 Oct 2007
Court grants leave to prosecute Taito Field

"Police today welcomed the release of the High Court decision to grant them leave to prosecute Taito Phillip Field, the Member of Parliament for Mangere, on fifteen charges of bribery under s103(1) of the Crimes Act 1961.

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Traffic 5 Oct 2007
Two car crash blocks southbound road

WELLINGTON — 3:35pm - Emergency services are currently dealing with a crash between 2 cars on Statehighway One at fishermans table.

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Police 5 Oct 2007
Chemical Spill closes swimming pool

ROTORUA — An area around the Rotorua Aquatic Centre has been closed to traffic to allow fire service to deal with a leaking chemical tanker.

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Transport 5 Oct 2007
Woman struck on main trunk train line

PORIRUA — A 24-year-old part polynesian Porirua woman is critically ill in Wellington Hospital after she was struck by a northbound train near Porirua Railway Station about 4.55am today.

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Fire 5 Oct 2007
Explosion rocks factory at the Mount

MT MAUNGANUI — Fire and other emergency services are in attendance at a fertiliser factory in Newton Street, Mt Maunganui following a large explosion and fire.

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Transport 5 Oct 2007
Woman struck by train near Porirua

PORIRUA — 4:00 - A passenger train has struck a women just north of the Porirua Railway station on he main trunk line.

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Police 4 Oct 2007
Police encouraged by calls to Matsuzawa hotline

Detective Senior Sergeant Simon Scott is pleased with the number of calls recieved from the public about the investigation into the death of Kayo Matsuzawa.

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Weather 4 Oct 2007
High winds hit Canterbury - bring power lines down

CANTERBURY — Police have received several reports of high winds in the South/Central Canterbury areas.

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Police 4 Oct 2007
Police called into deal with suspicious article

WELLINGTON CITY — Police are currently dealing with a report of a suspicious article at Massey University in Wallace Street, Wellington.

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Media 4 Oct 2007
Disgusted at Truth's action

Police will not confirm information published in Truth.

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Police 3 Oct 2007
Threats result in armed callout to Porirua

PORIRUA — Lumps of wood, a tomahawk and bottles were thrown at police officers by a man who was accompanied by a large and lunging rottweiler dog when police were called to a domestic related incident in Porirua last night.

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Police 3 Oct 2007
Stanmore Rd homicide inquiry

CHRISTCHURCH — Forty police officers are now working on the Stephen Bellingham inquiry.

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Police 3 Oct 2007
Body of missing cyclist found

HOKITIKA — On the 3rd of October at 8.45 a.m.

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Aviation 3 Oct 2007
Emergency services respond after aircraft engine fire

TIMARU — Emergency services responed to Timaru Airport after the Pilot of a Jetstream 32 aircraft report an engine fire.

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