New Zealand Police
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TASMAN — British tourist James Esbester who has been missing in the Wangapeka area of Kahurangi National Park since last Thursday was found by searchers this evening.
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ROTORUA — Rotorua's first C.A.C.T.U.S (Combined Adolescent Challenge Training Unit and Support) got under way last week at Western Heights High School (commencing on 6 February 2011).
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WAIROA — Two people have been arrested and are due to appear in the Gisborne District Court today on charges following the shooting of a Mongrel Mob gang member in Wairoa at the weekend.
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TASMAN — The search continues in Kahurangi National Park for missing British tourist James Esbester, with no sign as yet of the missing man.
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NORTHLAND — Police are asking for help in identifying the body of a man, which was discovered on Ninety Mile Beach about 2pm on Sunday (February 13).
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TASMAN — A large-scale search resumed at first light today for the British tourist missing in the Wangapeka Track area of Kahurangi National Park, near Nelson.
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MANUKAU CITY — Counties Manukau police have launched a homicide inquiry following the death of a female at an address in Highland Park, Auckland.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The Police are seeking witnesses to the Robbery of a woman aged in her late 50's.
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TASMAN — A large scale search and rescue operation continues near Nelson for a tramper who police believe has been missing since Thursday.
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WAIRARAPA — Wairarapa Police are seeking help from the public following another rural burglary at the weekend.
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BAY OF PLENTY — The body of a 70 year old hunter who went missing on the Kaituna River on Saturday evening has been located.
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BAY OF PLENTY — The body of a 70 year old hunter who went missing on the Kaituna River on Saturday evening has been located.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Police SAR and Coastguard have been joined by the Police Dive Squad in searching for a 70 year old missing hunter at Paengaroa.
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WAIROA — At 1145pm on Saturday 12 February 2011, 3 men were set upon by a group outside a local sports club.
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BAY OF PLENTY — The Okere Gates on the Kaituna River are being closed this afternoon following an accident on the river.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The Lyttelton Police are dealing with the tragic death of a road cyclist who was killed yesterday (12 February 2011) while out riding with his friends on the Summit Road in the Christchurch Port Hills.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Cyclist's death on Summit Road - Christchurch 12/02/2011 Some media are reporting that a camper van was involved in this incident.
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WELLINGTON — Between the hours of 21:00 and 21:40 hrs tonight the Wellington Coast Guard will be discharging flares for a training exercise.
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AUCKLAND CITY — At about 11.00am this morning Auckland Central Police were called to an incident involving what appeared to be a male pointing a hand gun out of a vehicle window.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Police are disappointed with the number of impaired drivers detected in recent times.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington Police District Traffic Alcohol Group has been catching more than just impaired drivers in recent times.
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MARTON — A second man has been charged following the ram raid of a service station in Marton.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch liquor control agencies have expressed concern over the number of licensed premises that sold alcohol to minors during an operation last weekend.
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Rebel gang members trying to gain a foothold in New Zealand were dealt a severe blow yesterday with a number of them arrested and charged in a series of raids around the North Island.
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CARTERTON — The Wellington based Westpac Rescue Helicopter transported an injured hunter from the Wairarapa last night after his four wheel bike rolled earlier in the day.
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Police have ripped the welcome mat out from under the Rebels and other criminal gangs with swift and positive action against those making money out of misery.
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WELLINGTON — Police looking for Danny Mooney have arrested him earlier today in Wellington.
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WAIKATO — The wearing of life jackets and the prompt response by local boaties and two commercial vessels is being credited by Waikato Police as playing major parts in the successful rescue of four people from the ocean of Kawhia this morning.
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CANTERBURY — Emergency services are currently attending a serious motor vehicle crash involving a truck and a car at the Hurunui River Bridge on State Highway One, south of the North Canterbury town of Cheviot.
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HAMILTON — A newly created Police unit tasked with providing a rapid response to developing crime trends has had its first success just hours into their new role following an armed standoff in Hamilton on Monday night.
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LOWER HUTT — Missing 22 year-old Karl Baars has been found alive and well in Upper Hutt earlier this morning.
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FEILDING — THIS MEDIA RELEASE AND IMAGES CONTAIN WORDS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE: It is not the normal practice of NZ Police to publish words which may be considered by some as offensive.
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NGARUAWAHIA — While a fatal crash that claimed the life of a driver on SH39 overnight is still being investigated Ngaruawahia police are urging drivers to stick to the basics and drive to survive.
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ROTORUA — Rotorua Police are very pleased with the smooth operation of the Raggamuffin festival, with the general consensus being that the crowd for the 2011 event was the most relaxed and well behaved yet.
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QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND — The Wellington Based Westpac Rescue Helicopter transported a French Tourist who had fallen 3m down a bank while walking the Queen Charlotte Track in the Marlborough Sounds at 3:00pm the 6th Feb 11.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Isolated acts of stupidity and severely intoxicated young women have kept Wellington Police busy throughout day two of the NZI Sevens.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Police were kept busy overnight as Sevens fans celebrated New Zealand's win over England, throughout the Courtenay Place Party Zone.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police are overall pleased with the large crowd who celebrated the NZI Sevens over the weekend.
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QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND — A boat full of students on the Outward Bound course was hit by a commercial vessel in the Marlborough Sounds at approximately 2:10 pm today.
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WELLINGTON CITY — An 18 year old man is in a serious condition in Wellington Hospital after being hit by a bus in Kilbirnie yesterday Sergeant Mark Moody of the Wellington City Strategic Traffic Unit (STU) says at about 11:15am, the pedestrian was hit by a bus on Coutts Street near the Tirangi Road intersection.
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WHANGANUI — Wanganui Police have had reports of a shark swimming up the Wanganui River.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police are relatively happy with the crowd at the close of day one of the NZI Sevens.
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WELLINGTON CITY — - Moderate the amount of alcohol you drink.
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BAY OF PLENTY — A Bay of Plenty Police organised crime operation undertaken last week resulted in more than 10,000 cannabis plants being located and destroyed across the Bay of Plenty.
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WHANGAREI — At 4.10pm on Thursday the 3rd of February 2011 three tourists were robbed of a handbag containing a large amount of New Zealand cash and British passports, at the Whangarei Falls carpark a popular tourist spot north of Whangarei.
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ROTORUA — Locals and visitors to the Raggamuffin Music festival in Rotorua this weekend are being reminded of the fact that a liquor ban is in place outside the venue and its surrounding streets.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Western Bay of Plenty Police this evening dealt with an accident involving a ride on lawn tractor / mower that has left a 59 year old Aongetete man dead.
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ROXBURGH — Alexandra Police have released the name of the man missing at the Talla Burn stream near Beaumont in Otago.
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WEST COAST — Police, Pike River Coal Limited (in Receivership) and representatives of the Receivers met yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, 2 February) with families of the men who died in the mine as part of Police's regular weekly update on the operation.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch Police have arrested and charged a 22-year-old unemployed man with the murder of 21-year-old Alexsis Maria TOVIZI, who was found at her Stanmore Road address on 9 December 2010.
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OTAGO — A search and Rescue Operation is currently underway near the Talla Burn Power Station on the Millennium Track Road near Beaumont in Central Otago.
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WELLINGTON — Porirua Police are urging the driver of a dark-coloured 4x4 vehicle to come forward, which was involved in an incident on the Haywards Hill this morning.
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MARTON — Police in Marton are appealing for information after cigarettes and tobacco worth around $10,000 was stolen during a ram raid on a service station.
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WELLINGTON — Lower Hutt Police are looking for witnesses to a sexual assault at Waterloo railway station last week.
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COROMANDEL — The Tapu Coroglen Road passing through the Coromandel Range will be closed for around 3 hours whilst Police recover and remove a vehicle that crashed earlier on this morning.
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WELLINGTON — Police are appealing for sightings of a black 4 wheel drive which was involved in a hit and run this morning.
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Police in Central District are calling for patience and consideration to ensure that no school children become victims on our roads.
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HAWKE'S BAY — A 46-year-old forestry worker was killed when he lost control of his vehicle on a rural Hawke's Bay road early Sunday morning.
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NAPIER — Police fully support the decision by Church Rd Winery to close the bar at Saturday night's George Thorogood/Joe Cocker concert in Napier.
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WELLINGTON — A pilot project using Automated Number Plate Recognition technology has seen the discovery of a number of stolen vehicles and vehicles of interest in recent times.
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PORIRUA — The multi-vehicle crash in Porirua that occured at approximately 12.30pm involved 1 car and 4 motorcycles.
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NORTHLAND — SH16 reopened in both directions at 1.30 and backlogs are clearing.
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AUCKLAND — Malcolm Freeman, missing from Wellington since the 16th of January 2011, has been found safe in Auckland this morning.
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PORIRUA — Police are currently attending a multiple vehicle crash on State Highway One near Porirua 3 motorcycles have crashed in the Northbound lane, just south of the Porirua off-ramp.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch Police have advised that William Steven Cooper, who escaped from custody at Christchurch District Court earlier this week, has been located and is now in custody.
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HUNTLY — Waikato Police, investigating last week's murder of a South Auckland woman found burned to death on the side of a road west of Huntly, arrested a man in Hamilton overnight.
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HAMILTON — A week out from when a store owner narrowly missed injury when a firearm was fired during an aggravated robbery, Hamilton Police are no less determined on catching those responsible.
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NORTHLAND — Water supplies in the Paihia-Waitangi area remain a major concern in the Far North after the treatment plant at Haruru Falls was flooded earlier today.
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WAIKATO — State Highway Two at Maramarua (The Pink Pig Cafe) has one lane open and traffic is moving very slowly.
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HAMILTON — A cattle beast destined to be killed at a home-kill business in Hamilton on Thursday had a last shot at freedom that was bought to an end by Police forced to destroy the animal.
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AUCKLAND — A young boy revived by members of the public at the scene of a crash on SH2 at Maramarua last weekend has died in hospital in Auckland.
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NORTHLAND — The main roads between Auckland and Northland, SH16 and SH1 are both closed due to a variety of weather related conditions.
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HAWKE'S BAY — A 38 yr old Palmerston North woman has drowned today after being caught in a rip at Blackhead beach in the Central Hawke's Bay.
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HASTINGS — Media reports that the mother of baby Mikara Reti was supporting her partner accused of the baby's manslaughter were "totally incorrect and mischievous", police say.
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ASHBURTON — At 10.30pm on Thursday 27 January 2011 the Ashburton Police were called to a deliberately lit caravan fire in Suffolk Street, Ashburton.
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WARKWORTH — Warkworth Police report that there's been no further sighting of a female aged in her late teens who was observed splashing about in the surf at Pakiri Beach at about 9.30pm last night Thursday 27 January 2011.
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Australia's largest outlaw motorcycle gang is trying to set up shop in New Zealand but enforcement agencies here say they are actively working to ensure the gang does not get a foothold and intend to disrupt their establishment plans.
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KAWERAU — Kawerau Police attended a Fatal crash at 6am on Friday 28th of January 2011 on Fenton Mill Road.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police have identified the deceased male found beside the cycleway under the Bond St over-bridge in Kingsland yesterday as 38 year old Matthew MACDONALD of Western Springs.
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AUCKLAND — Police and emergency services including the West Pac helicopter are presently searching Pakiri beach on the west coast, approximately 6 kilometres north of Goat Island.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington Police investigating a stabbing outside the Bay Road shops in Kilbirnie earlier this week are looking for a Good Samaritan who intervened in the incident.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are still conducting enquiries as to the circumstances of the unexplained death of a Caucasian male found beside the cycleway under the Bond St over-bridge in Kingsland this morning.
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WAIKATO — Waikato Police working in Fiji on a homicide investigation into the death of a South Auckland woman west of Huntly a week ago have interviewed a person of interest to the case.
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This week marks the 35th anniversary of the 20th Police Cadet Wing.
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MT MAUNGANUI — At about 8pm last night Police were called to the Arataki Skate Bowl Park in Mount Maunganui because concerned members of the public observed an intoxicated male with a pistol.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — A man will appear in court tomorrow (Thursday, 27 January) accused of robbing a bank in Feilding.
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ROTORUA — Rotorua police are urgently seeking public assistance to locate a missing 2 year old child in the Fairy Springs Road area.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Detectives from Auckland Metro Crime and Operations Support have arrested a Chinese New Zealand resident as part of a three-year long inquiry into the international distribution of counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
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HUNTLY — Waikato Detectives working in Fiji as part of a homicide enquiry into the death of a South Auckland woman near Huntly last Thursday are focusing on two tasks.
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WAIROA — A man will appear in court today after the equipment, materials and precursors used in the manufacture of methamphetamine were discovered in the boot of a car near Waiouru.
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TAURANGA — To advise that the traffic lights at the intersection of Fraser and Fifthteen Ave in Tauranga are not working.
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NORTHLAND — Kaikohe Police are investigating a shooting at a rural property near Okaihau which has left a 20 year old female dead.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police are investigating a stabbing yesterday afternoon, which has left a 46 year old victim in hospital.
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OHAKUNE — Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at the Rendezvous Dairy, Ohakune this morning (Tuesday, 25 January).
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FEILDING — Police in Feilding are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a bank.
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ROTORUA — Members of Rotorua Police are taking to the beat in a whole new way this summer, parking up their patrol cars and patrolling the city streets on mountain bikes.
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Around 5pm a helicopter out searching for missing motorist Hastings Alex Binns spotted what appeared to be a car down a bank off SH5 at Te Haroto.
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AUCKLAND CITY — A 21 year old unemployed man has appeared in the Auckland District Court this afternoon on four serious charges after an incident in which a 19 year old female was allegedly abducted on Great Barrier Island.
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