New Zealand Police

MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — One driver is in a critical condition and a second was seriously hurt following a crash in Longburn this morning.

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WHANGANUI — Police are trying to find out the identity of a cyclist who was seriously injured in a road crash last night (Monday, 8 February), and locate witnesses who saw the car that collided with him.

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MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — A woman killed in a road crash in the Hunterville area early this morning has been named as 35-year-old Miriama Parata from Tauranga.

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WELLINGTON — Wellington rugby star Victor Vito accepted a certificate of appreciation from the Commissioner of Police, Howard Broad today on behalf of players from the WRFU.

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PALMERSTON NORTH — Police will be showing support for a Motorcycle Ride to Work Day planned for Palmerston North on Friday (12 February) and are hoping to raise awareness of road safety issues.

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MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — The Police serious crash team is investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal vehicle crash on State Highway One in the early hours of this morning.

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PORIRUA — Porirua and Levin Police and Child Youth and Family departments are looking for 11year-old Hollie HENDERSON-DREW who was last seen at her school in Levin at about 3pm on Friday 5th February 2010.

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LOWER HUTT — Police are currently assisting the Fire Service at a large scrub fire on the Eastern Hills of Lower Hutt.

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CENTRAL PLATEAU — At about 9.00pm on Saturday 6 February Police were advised of a Greek tourist missing on Mt Ruapehu.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police were very pleased with the behaviour of the crowd at the Stadium for the International Rugby Sevens tournament over the weekend.

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MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — At about 10.00am the Police Central Communications Centre received notification of two trampers in difficulties in the Ruahine Ranges.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A week ago tonight 39 year-old taxi driver Hiren Mohini went to work but never made it home to his family.

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AUCKLAND — Missing 48 year-old Campbell's Bay resident, Grant Atkinson, was found alive and well in Huapai Domain at 8.45 this morning by a Police and Search and Rescue team.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police were generally happy with the behaviour of fans at the International Rugby Sevens tournament at Westpac Stadium.

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BAY OF PLENTY — A search and rescue operation in the Urewera National Park came to a successful conclusion today when searchers found an overdue tramper in the area.

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NORTH SHORE CITY — The police search for Grant Malcolm ATKINSON who is missing from his family home in Campbell’s Bay is now focused on a rural location North West of Auckland.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland City Police are appealing to Pacific Island communities to help locate missing 14 year-old American Samoan girl, Anamarie "Maureen" Saupo [see pic].

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TAURANGA — Tauranga Ambulance and Police staff were this morning called to a reported dog attack at a residential address in Hairini.

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DUNEDIN — Police are keen for cricket fans attending Monday's one-day international cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh to enjoy the game.

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NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Police say the disappearance of a man from his home in the suburb of Campbell’s Bay is out of character and is considered to be unusual.

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CANTERBURY — Christchurch Police are becoming concerned about the gradual increase in people talking and texting on their hand held cell phones over recent weeks.

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BAY OF PLENTY — Tauranga Ambulance and Police staff were this morning called to a reported dog attack at a residential address in Hairini.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police say NZI Sevens ticket holders may find themselves in the sin bin if their behaviour is drunken or disruptive to others.

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AORAKI/MOUNT COOK — A search is being carried out for a missing tramper overdue in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.

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state highway 27 at Kaihere, Hauraki District has been closed following a truck crash earlier this morning.

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PUKEKOHE — 17:36 - Police are advising of a large diesel spilll on a sharp bend on Heights Road, Pukekohe, between Ostrich Farm Road and the Glenbrook Railway line.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Two males have been charged after shots were fired at a cyclist and bus in Christchurch today.

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AUCKLAND CITY — At approximately 9:40am today Police, acting on the information from the public, arrested Kevin Polwart in Auckland City.

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AUCKLAND — The team of more than 40 Police investigating the murder of 39 year-old taxi driver Hiren Mohini in the early hours of Sunday, January 31, want to find the owner of a bag which was found near where he died and which has blood on it.

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PALMERSTON NORTH — Police have recovered drugs believed to be methamphetamine after a motorcyclist sped past a Police Highway Patrol car.

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CANTERBURY — Canterbury has had a road fatality free January, following on from 2009 as a record year for having the lowest road fatalities in Canterbury since the 1970s.

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AUCKLAND — Ian Graham, the chairman from Auckland Co-Op Taxi's has informed Police of the funeral for the taxi driver killed last week.

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NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Police have released the name of the elderly male driver who died at the scene of a multiple car crash in suburban Albany yesterday.

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NORTH SHORE CITY — A 50 year old man will be appearing in the North Shore District Court this morning after a serious crash incident in the suburb of Albany yesterday.

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MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — Three trampers have been airlifted out of the Ruahines after being cut off by rising creek water.

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NORTH SHORE CITY — To advise that all cordons and diversions relating to the car accident at Bush and Rosedale on the North Shore are now lifted.

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NORTH SHORE CITY — An elderly male motorist has died after his car was struck by an out of control vehicle at a major intersection in Albany this afternoon.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A temporary release prisoner has walked away from his place of work in Christchurch, this afternoon.

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WHANGAREI — Whangärei Police have arrested two men in relation to a rape that occurred more than two years ago.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Papanui Police are searching for a knife believed to have been used in an incident that occurred at an Ajax Street house in Shirley, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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NORTH SHORE CITY — 13:31 - Police are in attendance at a serious motor accident at the intersection of Rosedale and Bush Rd on the North Shore.

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AUCKLAND — The officer leading the large team of police investigating the murder of Auckland taxi driver Hiren MOHINI says the Operation Edgewater phone line which has been set up to assist the enquiry is proving to be a valuable resource.

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PALMERSTON NORTH — Police investigating the stabbing of a 22-year-old man in The Square area of Palmerston North last month have made two further arrests.

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HOKITIKA — At around 8.30 pm yesterday police were advised of an injured kayaker in the Whakarira Gorge near Hokitika.

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CENTRAL PLATEAU — Police are in attendance at a multi vehicle fatal motor accident on State Highway 4, Manunui in Ruapehu District.

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UPPER HUTT — At approx 16:45 a male was reported to be at an address in Sanford St, Upper Hutt who was waving a rifle around.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Papanui Police, Christchurch, are investigating a serious assault that took place in Merivale near McDonalds in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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Police officers spending time with children and parents at school events will continue to be an important part of community policing, Inspector Les Paterson, North Shore Area Commander, said today.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Papanui Police, Christchurch, are investigating a serious assault that took place in Merivale near McDonalds in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Police say the number of specialist staff and investigators involved in the search for the killer of Auckland taxi driver Hiren MOHINI is already at thirty.

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HAWKE'S BAY — 2.07pm - Police are advising motorists that SH 5 known as the Napier-Taupo Road is now closed to all traffic due to wide spread slips and flooding.

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BAY OF PLENTY — 12.10pm - Police and emergency services are attending to a fatal two vehicle accident on SH 33 at Paengaroa in the Western Bay of Plenty.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Police have released the name of the Auckland taxi driver whose death is now a homicide investigation.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland CIB has launched a homicide investigation after the death of a male taxi driver in the suburb of Mount Eden.

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WAIHI — 9am - Police are attending to a motor vehicle which has rolled on the road along SH 2 Katikati and Waihi near the Athenree gorge.

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At about 5.30pm on 30 January 2010 the Police Central Communications Centre received a phone call from a 12 year old boy in the Ruahine Ranges.

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WAIKATO — Emergency Services are in attendance at the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash at the intersection of State Highway 27 and Given Rd, Ngarua, Matamata-Piako District.

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WHAKATANE — Emergency Services are in attendance at a fatal motor vehicle crash between a milk tanker and a car on State Highway 2 East, between Waimana Road and Eagle Hill Road, Waimana.

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WELLSFORD — Police this afternoon executed a search warrant at a Wellsford Rural address and seized a number of firearms.

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NORTH SHORE CITY — At about 9.45pm tonight a person was reported in difficulty out by the yellow bouy in front of the life-guard tower at Browns Bay Beach.

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QUEENSTOWN — 9.30am - The Queenstown Police advise that the Crown Range Road, (a route between Wanaka and Queenstown) is closed until further notice.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Police ask drivers leaving Wellington City to be patient as the lights along Aotea Quay are having a problem with phasing.

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ROTORUA — Rotorua Police will have additional staff working this weekend to support the second big event to take place in the city in as many weeks.

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MANUKAU CITY — At about 3.00 pm on Thursday 28 January 2010 police received a report from a motorist that a person had robbed them of their car at knifepoint in Mangatawhiri.

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BAY OF PLENTY — Parents will probably sigh with relief as school kicks off again next week, but those first couple of weeks back at school, particularly for primary school children, can be a risky time.

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BAY OF PLENTY — Police are urging drivers to take care on Western Bay of Plenty roads over the Anniversary Weekend holiday period.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A gas leak in underground pipes at the intersection of Straven and Riccarton Road is being attended by emergency services and gas companies etc.

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WEST COAST — A Search & Rescue operation was launched at approximately 1.00pm on the 27th of January 2010 in the Greenstone River near Kumara after a vehicle belonging to a local man was located on a side road.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Over 60 000 children will be back to school this week in Canterbury with many starting out for the first time.

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WELLINGTON — Police and other services are a a crash by the Judgeford Golf Course.

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THAMES — Three people are currently being spoken to by Police following a stabbing earlier today.

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TEMUKA — At approximately 10.30 this morning the Temuka Branch of the ANZ was the subject of an armed robbery.

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WELLINGTON CITY — 2.50pm - Police and other services are at a vehicle crash on Wadestown Rd near Grant Rd.

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AUCKLAND — Members of the Auckland City CIB, supported by colleagues from AMCOS (Auckland Metro Crime and Operations Support) and neighbouring Counties/Manukau and Waitemata Police districts, seized 27lbs of high grade cannabis and arrested eight men yesterday during the execution of eight search warrants in the region.

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MANUKAU CITY — At approximately 2.30am this morning two females were sat in their vehicle in the car park of McDonalds, Bader Drive, Mangere.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Trident Tavern, 65-69 Selwyn Street, Onehunga.

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SOUTHLAND — Southlanders will soon have the opportunity to learn about the mystifying subject of the Emissions Trading Scheme directly from the horse’s mouth - and all without burning a drop of fuel.

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TAUPO — People heading away for Auckland Anniversary Weekend this weekend are being warned to take their time travelling through the South Waikato and Taupo areas, with a major road policing operation underway in the area to combat speeding and drink drivers.

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AUCKLAND — A power outage is affecting large parts of Auckland at present.

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WAITAKERE CITY — A contractor has hit a gas pipeline on the corner of Ranui Station Rd and Swanson Rd in West Auckland.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Southern Christchurch group staff made a good catch late Friday night on Opawa Road when they stopped a Mazda 323 literally driving on its springs just before midnight.

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WAIPUKURAU — At approximately 01:46 this morning fire has broken out at the old Waipukurau Hospital which is on Porangahau Rd, Waipukurau.

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WHAKATANE — Earlier on today at about 4.30pm, Police and Ambulance attended an accident in the Whakatane suburb of Awakeri involving a 3 year old child.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are currently looking for Mr Kurt Konrad MASTNY, a 72 year old caucasian male reported missing from the suburb of Mt Albert where he resides in a rest-home.

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AUCKLAND — Police are currently attending a motor vehicle accident on the Mangere motorway just before the bridge on the north-bound lanes.

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HAWKE'S BAY — Motorists are advised to be aware of a large slip on the Napier/Taupo Road (SH1) which has covered two lanes.

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MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — Palmerston North Police are seeking information regarding the owner/s of a raft which has been found floating downstream in the Manawatu Gorge.

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HAWKE'S BAY — Whakatane Police spent the later part of yesterday morning and afternoon, trying to apprehend an escaped prisoner named Werimu Rangi HAURAKI.

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WELLINGTON — Just prior to midnight on the evening of Wednesday 20th January 2010 at Lambton Quay a male got onto the number 3 Karori bus.

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AUCKLAND — Emergency services at Auckland International Airport were placed on Standby when an Airbus A340-200 operated by Aerolineas Argentinas, reported the shutdown of its No.

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TAIHAPE — A person has been killed after being struck by a train in Taihape this morning.

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PIHA — Waitakere police say there will be a high policing presence for the ISA World Junior Surf Championships at Piha Beach to ensure the event will be trouble free and enjoyable for everyone.

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With school students heading back to the classroom in early February, Southern District Police are reminding parents and others who drive near schools at peak times to be vigilant and drive safely.

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AUCKLAND CITY — 11:21 - Police and Emergency services, including Police negotiators are at an incident on Hobson St / Custom St West in Auckland CBD.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch police have launched an investigation after a spate of vandalism around the Wigram community.

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ROTORUA — Locals and visitors attending the Raggamuffin music festival in Rotorua this weekend are being alerted to the fact that a new liquor ban is in place outside the venue and its surrounding streets.

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UPPER HUTT — Shortly after 4.00pm on Wednesday the 20th of January 2010 Upper Hutt Police responded to an incident on Fergusson Drive at Silverstream.

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AUCKLAND — 6.16pm - A four car crash has completely blocked the north bound lane of the Southern Motorway at Ellerslie.

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KERIKERI — A vehicle crash on SH10 at Bulls Gorge, Kerikeri is causing major traffic delays in the area.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Having considered all the circumstance of the entry by Mr Warwick Slow into the grounds of Premier House on Monday the 18 January 2010, Police have decided not to lay any criminal charges against Mr Slow.

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