New Zealand Police

CANTERBURY — At approximately 7 pm this(Sunday) evening emergency services were called to a 2 vehicle crash at the intersection of SHW8 and Prohibition Road at Cave in South Canterbury.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Police are continuing to investigate the death of 42 year-old Allison McPhee and are looking for sightings of her before she died.

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AUCKLAND CITY — 3.30am - As a result of a serious crash Tamaki Drive, Auckland City is blocked off at both sides of Tamaki Yacht Club.

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MANUKAU CITY — At about 1.30am on Gifford Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland a fracas broke out involving around 20 people, spilling on to the road.

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CHRISTCHURCH — At about 8.15 pm on Saturday night Police were investigating reports of an erratically ridden motorcycle in the Waltham area of Christchurch.

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KIHIKIHI — With just five hours to go before a fatal free month of July Waikato emergency services now have to pick up the pieces from a double fatality crash scene in the small town of Kihikihi.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A third person has now died in relation to the fatal motor crash which occurred on the intersection of Moorhouse Avenue and Manchester Street at 1.40am on Saturday 10th July 2010.

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MANUKAU CITY — 5.15pm - A high pressure gas line has been ruptured, due to a two-car crash at the intersection of Roscommon Rd and Browns Rd intersection.

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WAIOURU — Two men have been killed in a road crash on the Desert Road north of Waiouru this morning.

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WAIOURU — One man has been killed following a road crash in the Desert Road north of Waiouru this morning.

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CHRISTCHURCH — At 6.00pm this evening [Friday] the Bealey Pharmacy on the corner of Colombo Street and Bealey Avenue, Christchurch was robbed at knife-point and a large quantity of controlled drugs stolen.

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WAIOURU — 8.35am - Emergency services are at the scene of a serious crash at the summit of the dessert road, State Highway One north of Waiouru.

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WELLINGTON — A post mortem examination has been carried out today on the body of a man found in Miramar Wharf yesterday.

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NEWTOWN PARK — Police have formally identified the body of a woman found dead at the Newtown Park Flats.

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ROLLESTON — Emergency services are currently attending a crash on State Highway One near Rolleston.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police have upgraded the discovery of a body found at the Newtown Park Flats to a homicide investigation.

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PALMERSTON NORTH — Police in Palmerston North are trying to reunite a Roman glass bangle, which is believed to be more than 2000 years old, with its rightful owner.

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FEILDING — Police investigating the shooting of Scott Guy in Feilding on 8 July will be handing out flyers at the Feilding stockyards today.

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PALMERSTON NORTH — Three men have been arrested following a joint Police and Customs operation to disrupt the production and distribution of controlled drugs.

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Police say that an email in current circulation which refers to $5 'bills' and crime situations in New Zealand is a hoax and should be ignored.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A 29-year-old man who was at the Grey Lynn address where the Auckland City Organised Crime Unit and Armed Offenders Squad executed a search warrant this morning was arrested.

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WELLINGTON — Police have this morning recovered a body of a man in his 50's near the Miramar Wharf.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland City Police's Organised Crime Unit executed search warrants at two addresses this morning in the hope of locating 32 year-old Daniel Vae [pictured], a patched gang member who is wanted on three arrest warrants.

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HAMILTON — A man arrested by Police outside Marton yesterday afternoon will be appearing in court today charged with a variety of offences related to a series of serious domestic assaults.

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NEWTOWN PARK — Wellington Police are investigating the death of a person at the Newtown Park Flats, where a body was found yesterday afternoon.

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WHANGAREI — A Whangärei man is facing serious drug charges after police discovered a clan lab at a Whangärei Heads address.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Police investigation into the disappearance of Remuera mother, 32 year-old Carmen Thomas, features in tonight's episode of Police Ten-7 on TV2 at 7.30pm and, in it, the officer in charge of the search reveals there are several items related to Carmen and her car that are unaccounted for.

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HAMILTON — A man's hopes of avoiding arrest by hiding in a toilet were flushed by Hamilton Police early this morning following a high speed pursuit through quiet City streets.

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WHANGANUI — A man wanted in connection with a series of alleged violent domestic assaults against his estranged partner in the Waikato over recent weeks was arrested near Marton this afternoon.

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FEILDING — Police investigating the shooting of Scott Guy in Feilding on 8 July are disappointed in the lack of response regarding their quest to identify two vehicles seen on the morning of his death.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Police investigating the disappearance of 32 year-old Remuera woman Carmen Thomas say they're getting valuable assistance from her mother who flew into Auckland from South Africa late on Friday night.

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WAITAKERE CITY — At 3 pm today Armourguard staff were refilling an ATM machine at a service station in Glendene, Auckland when they were confronted by a person carrying a firearm.

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FEILDING — Police can now confirm the names of the two women killed in an air crash in Feilding yesterday.

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HAWKE'S BAY — A Hawke's Bay police officer is in hospital with facial injuries after he was punched, stomped on and had his radio smashed into his face this afternoon.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The motor vehicle crash that occurred at 1.40am on Saturday 10 July 2010 has claimed the life of a second person who was the driver of the vehicle.

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WAIKATO — Waikato Police are urging motorists to familiarise themselves with the road rules after a narrow escape for an officer who slowed down when approaching a stationary school this morning.

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AUCKLAND CITY — As a result of a crash involving several vehicles including a bus at the intersection of Gillies Ave and Alpers Ave in Epsom, the intersection is blocked and motorists are asked to avoid the area and use alternative routes.

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BAY OF PLENTY — After a tragic ten days on Bay of Plenty roads, the Bay of Plenty Police District's Road Policing Manager has a simple message for the region's young people – make the right decisions to keep yourselves and your friends safe.

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HAMILTON — Get out and get help is the message from Hamilton Police following a serious domestic assault in the City overnight.

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NORTHLAND — Armed police have located and arrested the man sought in connection with an incident in Kohukohu, where a police officer was struck by a car.

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LOWER HUTT — A 45 year-old Lower Hutt man, missing for nearly three weeks has been located safe and well.

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NORTHLAND — Police are currently dealing with an incident in the Kohukohu area of the Far North where a male decamped from Police whilst he was being spoken to in relation to a number of criminal and serious driving offences.

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FEILDING — It has been confirmed that two people died in a light air crash in Feilding this afternoon (Monday, 26 July).

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PORIRUA — Four Porirua businesses are being referred to the Liquor Licensing Authority, following a controlled purchase operation in Porirua at the weekend.

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FEILDING — There has been a mid air incident involving two light aircraft near Feilding.

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TE PUKE — Police have this morning named the person who died in yesterday's fatal car crash in Te Puke as 18 year old Judas Ace WITERI of Tauranga.

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FEILDING — Police in Feilding are investigating a suspected arson attack on a house in the town.

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FEILDING — Police investigating the death of Scott Guy in Feilding have identified the woman giving away puppies in Palmerston North.

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WAIKATO — Waikato Police searching for an armed gang member on the run following a series of alleged violent domestic assaults on his estranged partner are increasing pressure on the offender's associates as the hunt continues.

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COROMANDEL — At around 2:00am on Sunday morning, Police from the Western Bay of Plenty Traffic Alcohol Group apprehended a 55 year old Coromandel man driving on Third Avenue, Tauranga, who now faces a drug possession charge.

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AUCKLAND — The driver of the vehicle that travelled the wrong way along the North Western Motorway on the evening of the 24th of July, and which subsequently crashed into a number of oncoming vehicles, died in Auckland Hospital last night.

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DUNEDIN — A 26 year old female made a complaint to the Dunedin Police today that she was attacked by a male whilst walking home in the Dunedin suburb of St Clair in the early hours of this morning the 25th July 2010.

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DUNEDIN — Two males aged 23 and 24 years made a complaint to the Dunedin Police today that they were assaulted by a group of males in the early hours of this morning the 25th July 2010 when walking through the rear car park of McDonalds Central.

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MANUKAU CITY — At about 2:00pm on the 25th of July 2010 a twenty two month old female was tragically killed after being struck by a vehicle reversing in the family driveway in Weymouth, Manukau City.

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AUCKLAND — The North-Western motorway westbound is closed between Waterview and Te Atatu [10.30pm Saturday 24 July 2010].

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WAITAKERE CITY — 11.35pm - Police and Fire are attending a crash on Great North Rd in the Henderson suburb of Auckland.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are pleased to advise that the missing Auckland Japanese woman has been located.

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MOSSBURN — 08:46 Mossburn Lumsden HWY, Mossburn, Southland District.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The mother of Carmen Thomas, the missing 32yr old Remuera woman, arrived in NZ late last night and today met with the officer in charge of the police investigation.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Police want to urgently locate Risa Matsuura a 32 old (NZ Resident) Japanese woman.

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DARFIELD — Police have concerns for a missing female in the Darfield area of Canterbury.

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DUNEDIN — A 21 year old female student made a complaint to the Dunedin Police this afternoon that she was attacked by four males when walking home in the early hours of Thursday morning the 22nd July 2010.

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AUCKLAND CITY — At approximately 2:00pm on Friday the 23rd of July 2010 a man entered the National Bank in Onehunga.

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LOWER HUTT — Lower Hutt Police need help from witnesses who may have seen a fatal crash on Monday 12 July 2010.

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NELSON — A woman has appeared in court charged in relation to a fire that destroyed a family home in Bunnythorpe in April this year.

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UPPER HUTT — Wellington Police have arrested two Upper Hutt men, aged 20 and 25, in connection with an assault near the BP in Taranaki Street at the weekend.

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WAIKATO — Waikato Police are urging a motorist who mounted a footpath and headed towards a group of children to escape pursuing officer to surrender himself before he endangers anyone else.

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TAPANUI — At about 1230pm on the 22nd of July South Otago Police were notified by a hunter in the Blue Mountains that his companion had failed to return from a hunting excursion.

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WAITAKERE CITY — A 38-year-old man is appearing in the Henderson District Court this afternoon on three charges arising out of a firearms incident in West Auckland on Sunday night.

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PORIRUA — Porirua Police are urging small businesses in the Elsdon and Kenepuru commercial areas to beware, following a recent spate of burglaries.

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Police have released a new review of their pursuit policy today.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch Police have laid further charges against the two men already charged in connection with the incident involving two police officers and a police dog being shot in the city on 13 July 2010.

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WHANGAREI — Whangärei Police have arrested the 35-year-old man they were looking for during a search warrant at a Kamo address this morning.

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Director of the Organised and Financial Crime Agency NZ (OFCANZ), Malcolm Burgess says the agency has made a significant hit on organised crime over the last week.

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OFCANZ investigators have swooped on a financial exchange business operating in downtown Auckland in an early morning raid today seizing large amounts of cash, freezing the operating accounts of the business and restraining a property owned by the company director.

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NORTHLAND — The police Armed Offenders Squad is currently conducting an operation in Wilkinson Ave, Kamo, opposite Kamo High School.

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PORIRUA — 36 new constables will graduate from The Royal New Zealand Police College in Wing 262 tomorrow.

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MATAMATA — Matamata-Piako Police and specialist commercial vehicle investigators are investigating the cause of crash in the eastern Waikato today that saw a school bus come to rest in a ditch.

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Waikato Police on the trail of an international fraudster are warning vulnerable women that the old adage; 'if it appears too good to be true it probably is' applies not only to sales deals but cyber-Casanovas as well.

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HAWKE'S BAY — A British child sex offender has been deported to the UK after being found at a Hawke's Bay leisure activity popular with children.

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PORIRUA — A quick response by Porirua Police overnight has nabbed two alleged theft ex-car offenders, well known to Police.

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TE AWAMUTU — Four people were arrested and several weapons recovered after armed Police were called to an address after a simmering neighbourhood dispute boiled over in Te Awamutu overnight.

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A Search and Rescue team has today searched parts of the Orakei Basin and some parks adjacent to it during another phase of the hunt for missing Remuera mother, Carmen Thomas.

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FEILDING — Police investigating the death of Scott Guy in Feilding are trying to establish whether the disappearance of three puppies is linked to his murder.

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NELSON — At 2.30pm today Nelson Police arrested 2 Christchurch youths at Taser and gun point following a crime spree by the pair across the upper South Island over the last 24 hours.

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AUCKLAND — Police are appealing for further information from the public to help their investigation into the circumstances of a shooting in West Auckland on Sunday night.

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LOWER HUTT — Lower Hutt Police are continuing to investigate the disappearance of Lower Hutt man Frank De Jong.

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A sounder basis for decision-making is one of the expected benefits from a decision to report, each month, on a consistent set of statistical indicators related to crime and associated police activity.

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HAMILTON — A scene examination has been completed into an early morning suspicious fire that left an elderly man in Waikato Hospital suffering from burns and smoke inhalation.

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WAIKATO — A crash on Friday night that left two young men fighting for their lives in hospital has led to Waikato Police reissuing warnings about the dangers of not wearing seatbelts.

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Police say there are no concerns around the viability or effectiveness of Taser.

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LOWER HUTT — Lower Hutt Police are investigating the disappearance of 45 year old Francis (Frank) De Jong from the Lower Hutt area.

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BLENHEIM — At approximately 4.45pm on Monday 19th July 2010 a male entered the Scott Street Branch of New Zealand Post, Blenheim.

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CHRISTCHURCH — More than 100 Christchurch police staff and their families gathered at Christchurch Central Police Station today to reflect on the events in Buccleugh Street last week and to give thanks for the encouraging recovery being made by the two wounded policemen.

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CHRISTCHURCH — On Thursday the 15th of July 2010 a Tri-Agency Liquor licensing Team comprising Christchurch Council Licensing Inspectors, Community and Public Health Licensing Officers along with Police conducted a Controlled Purchase Operation in the Christchurch area.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police are investigating a number of assaults, following a busy Saturday night.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Police have joined the recently established Carmen Thomas Facebook Group in an attempt to generate further information about the disappearance of the missing 32 year-old Remuera mother who has not been seen since July 1.

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AUCKLAND — Senior police investigators from outside the Waitematä Police District will be called in to carry out an independent and robust enquiry into the circumstances that led to yesterday’s shooting.

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AUCKLAND CITY — At about 1105am there was a head on crash at White Swan Road, Mount Roskill, between Lynfield Shopping Centre and Hillsborough Road.

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