New Zealand Police
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CHRISTCHURCH — A 17 year old male has been arrested and charged with two aggravated robberies at Christchurch banks this afternoon.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are seeking assistance in locating a missing 83 year old woman.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Two banks were subject to armed robberies in Christchurch this afternoon.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Operation Lane Homicide staff are seeking any taxi driver who picked up a fare in the Auckland CBD at about 5.30pm on Thursday 25th September 2008, and traveled to the Mangere, or Mangere Bridge area in Manukau City.
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INGLEWOOD — Police and other Emergency Services are attending a motor vehicle crash on State Highway 3A, Mountain Road between Davis Road and Hurst House Road, Waiongana.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police have arrested four men in relation to a series of aggravated robberies in the city over recent months.
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PAPAKURA — Papakura Police are investigating a serious injury crash involving a Motorcyclist at Clevedon.
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KAIKOURA — A truck which had departed from Christchurch at about 3.00am on Sunday the 28th of September 2008, crashed this morning at approximately 6.20am.
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MARLBOROUGH — Blenheim Police are attending a vehicle crash in the Avon valley area of Marlborough , a rural area approximately 40kms from Blenheim.
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BAY OF PLENTY — SH2 at Apata, just north of Turner Stewart Road is expected to remain closed until 10.00am as police and emergency services clear the scene of a fatal crash.
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WAITAKERE CITY — This weekend Waitakere police conducted an operation targeting drink driving.
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A snowy, wintry blast has closed State Highway 8 at the Lindis Pass, from the western settlement of Forest Range through to the Omarama side of the Pass.
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WELLINGTON — Police advise that the wind conditions on the Rimutuka Hill have become extreme and are creating hazardous conditions for motorists.
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AUCKLAND CITY — There will be a media conference at the scene of Thursday's fatal stabbing in Mills Lane, Auckland city.
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PORIRUA — Sergeant William Cooper was shot dead by Stanley Graham in 1941.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A 48 year old woman was apprehended at a Compulsory Breath Testing site at 9am Thursday 25 September on Centaurus Road.
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HOKITIKA — At about 7.30 pm on Friday the 26 October 2008 Hokitika Police were advised of a motor vehicle crash at the Mikonui River which is about 15 km South of Ross.
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INVERCARGILL — At approximately 1am this morning 27 September 2008 Invercargill Police were called to a North Invercargill address to a reported stabbing.
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New Zealand Police will join police services throughout Australia and the South Pacific on Monday to remember staff who have been slain or killed on duty as well as staff who have died over the past year.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The man killed as he was leaving his place of work late yesterday afternoon was 44 year-old Devonport resident and IAG broker manager, Austin Bernard Hemmings.
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HAMILTON — A Police dog required veterinary treatment to wounds suffered in an attack from a pitbull suffered while tracking a group of burglars in St Andrews yesterday.
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MANGATAWHIRI — A truck v van crash outside the former Aikenhead Sawmill around 3.40am, has caused the road closure around the crash-scene for 2-3 hours.
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GISBORNE — Gisborne Police were lastnight called to a Bloomfield Road address after reports that a male outside a house had discharged a firearm.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The man who was killed this evening as he left the BNZ Towers in Mills Lane in the Auckland CBD was helping a woman who had asked him to call Police after she'd been approached and assaulted by an armed man near the lifts in the building where she, too, worked.
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PAPAKURA — Counties Manukau Police are speaking with a male following a domestic related incident this morning.
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WELLINGTON — From 10am until 4pm today the Fire Service are conducting a controlled house burn at an address in Clifford Rd, Johnsonville.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Increased traffic flows into Wellington are expected.
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MANUKAU CITY — Police are seeking the whereabouts of a Manurewa girl, Kalanena POROA (11yrs), reported missing on the evening of 24 September 2008.
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WELLINGTON — Seventy three people have been arrested in the Wellington Police District during the last eight days and significant quantities of drugs seized during a major operation to disrupt criminal activities.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police investigating a series of aggravated robberies over recent weeks have released the identity of a man they are seeking in relation to a recent spate hold ups in the city.
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HAMILTON — A Waikato Police dog narrowly missed being run over when a driver rammed a Police car while trying to escape from the scene of burglary near Rukuhia overnight.
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WELLINGTON — Planned Industrial Action being taken by Bus Drivers today from 07.30am - 08.30am.
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WELLINGTON — Please tell drivers that the wind gusts on the top area of the Rimutaka Hill (SH2) are still very strong.
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WELLINGTON — Can media please advise Wellington Commuters of the planned Industrial Action being taken by Bus Drivers tomorrow from 07.30am - 08.30am.
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WELLINGTON — Police are urging motorists not to attempt using the Rimutaka Hill Road over the next twelve hours or so due to high winds and gusts on the Rimutaka Hill.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Hornby Police have made an arrest relating to the vicious attack on a 15 yr old school girl who was walking past Christchurch South Intermediate, Selwyn Street at approximately 6.22pm on Tuesday 2 September 2008.
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WAIKATO — While the number of fatal crashes on State Highways in the Waikato decline the number of serious or fatal crashes on 'rural rat runs' are increasing with the latest fatality happening in the Eastern Waikato on Friday morning.
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Police are reviewing the processes that relate to conflict of interest and search warrants following the release of an Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report into a complaint made in 2006 by Dunedin man, Bruce Van Essen.
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STRATFORD — Stratford Police and other emergency services are currently dealing with a motor vehicle crash involving a car and a milk tanker.
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UPPER HUTT — Upper Hutt Police and other emergency services are currently dealing with a 5 car vehicle crash on Fergusson Drive Heretaunga.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Balmoral Police, (Auckland City) advise that they have located and arrested Richard Popata.
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DANNEVIRKE — Norsewood Police are currently attend a motor vehicle crash on SH2 north of Dannevirke.
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TARANAKI — At about 06.45am this morning emergency services were advised by a member of the public of a car in the Stoney River about 5 k's south of Okato in South Taranaki.
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LOWER HUTT — At approximately 8 pm [Friday] a black Subaru Impreza with the registration CZM381 was stolen from outside an address on Hutt Road, Lower Hutt, with a small child still in the back.
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Two police officers and the occupants of a car they were speaking with had a lucky escape from injury overnight when a passing motorist fired a slug gun at them in Petone.
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NORTHLAND — Around 12.20am this morning a vehicle travelling west towards Ahipara on Kaitaia-Awaroa Road lost control and went into a ditch and collided with a power pole.
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WELLINGTON — Porirua Police encourage residents to report suspicious activity after two incidents in recent weeks where Tawa Intermediate students have been approached by strangers.
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SOUTHLAND — At approximately 6.15am today a Toyota Previa van containing six shearers traveling between Ophir and Oturehua rolled on a straight stretch of road approximately 4km east of Poolburn.
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TE ANAU — At about 11 pm on Wednesday 17/09/08 emergency services were called to assist two kayakers in the water on Lake Te Anau.
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OTAGO — The community and police need to work together to reduce the high number of fatalities that have occurred on southern roads, says Southern District Police roading manager, Inspector Andrew Burns.
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CHRISTCHURCH — On Wednesday 17 September in the early hours of the morning, between 3.30am and 4am a male was attacked and robbed on the New Brighton Pier, Christchurch.
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The partnership between southern Maori and police is being strengthened and formalised this Friday (19 September) with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
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OTAGO — Further to the road closure issued several hours ago.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The death of a male found in the Avon River, Christchurch this morning is being as not suspicious and the matter will be referred to the Coroner.
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LOWER HUTT — 9.05am -Â Hutt and Wellington Police are currently dealing with a vehicle crash on the Hutt Road SH 2 just north of the Horokiwi BP in the southbound lane.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Police are currently attending an incident at the Avon River near the intersection of Park Terrace and Kilmore Street where a body has been found.
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MATAMATA — The grandfather of a young Matamata boy killed in a tragic accident on Sunday has asked for privacy as his family carry out his grandson's funeral and grieve.
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MORRINSVILLE — The owner of four dogs that attacked a teenage boy in Waitoa in July appeared in the Morrinsville District Court today for sentencing.
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Deputy Police Commissioner Lyn Provost said today she was very pleased the last wave of the additional new 1250 police staff had been allocated to the districts and service centres.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police are reinforcing the message on the importance of small businesses taking safety and security precautions after two more aggravated robberies in the city overnight.
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HAMILTON — A man arrested just minutes after robbing a Hamilton bank yesterday has been charged with robbing another bank earlier in the year.
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THAMES — Thames Police are seeking the public's assistance in finding a man in black who they believe robbed a pharmacy in the town yesterday afternoon,
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police are commending members of the public who's actions were pivotal in the quick arrest of a man who robbed a city bank this morning.
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CARTERTON — A house fire in the Wairarapa at the weekend is being treated as arson.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police believe an aggravated robbery of a city service station this morning could have been avoided if safety and security advice given to business owners two weeks ago had been followed.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Police were called to Plimmerton early this morning after a female sent a text message to a family member saying that she was intending on walking out into the sea.
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AUCKLAND — Police and coastguard have still not located the man missing overnight from a sunken dinghy.
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AUCKLAND — Rescue services are searching the inner Hauraki gulf for a man who is missing following a boating accident last night.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a stabbing in a busy city street market on Saturday morning.
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MATAMATA — Waikato Police are currently investigating the tragic death of a toddler, run over in a quiet residential street in Matamata yesterday.
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INVERCARGILL — A 53 year old, Lenore Jean CARR died in a crash involving two motor vehicles at the intersection of St Andrew Street and Queens Drive Invercargill at 3.30am on the 14 September 2008.
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AUCKLAND — A combined family and police funeral will be held for Sergeant Don Wilkinson who was fatally shot while working early Thursday morning in Mangere.
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WHANGAREI — Two persons are injured as the result of a car v motorbike crash by the bridge in Riverside Drive, Whangarei.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Further to the previous media release regarding the Stabbing in Avondale on 14 September at 0240 hrs.
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CARTERTON — 11.30am - Police and other services are on way to a house fire in the main street of Carterton.
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AUCKLAND CITY — People driving around Auckland City in the early hours of Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September were greeted by multiple Police Checkpoints set up to detect drunk drivers.
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AUCKLAND CITY — At about 2.40 am this morning Police were called to an address in Great North Road, Avondale.
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INVERCARGILL — Police were called to a serious motor vehicle crash at Queens Drive near St Andrew Street in Invercargill at around 3.30am this morning.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch Armed Offenders Squad were called to an address in Armagh Street around midnight after reports of a male with a 22 Rifle at the address.
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LOWER HUTT — Police are concerned for the welfare of Mary BERRINGTON, a 54 year old Upper Hutt woman who has been missing since midday on Thursday 11 September.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington Police Maritime Unit is appealing for help after two men were assaulted on the wharf about 11.30pm on Wednesday night, 10 September.
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HAMILTON — A Saudi man, two New Zealand men and one woman face possession of cannabis for supply charges following the search of a car and a house in Hamilton overnight.
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OTAGO — The South Otago woman who went missing early on Monday afternoon has been found alive and well.
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AUCKLAND — Two formal investigations are underway after this morning's fatal shooting of a Police Officer in Mangere - a criminal investigation and an internal Police inquiry in to policy, practices and procedures.
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AUCKLAND — Counties/Manukau Police have arrested a 32 year-old Mangere man who will appear in the Manukau District Court charged with murder today as a result of this morning's shooting of a Police Officer.
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WHANGAMATA — Always treat a firearm as if it is loaded is the message from Police following the results of a post-mortem carried out on a Whangamata man who accidentally shot himself on Tuesday night.
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WELLINGTON — Police are advising motorists travelling the Rimutaka Hill Road this morning to exercise extreme care.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are interviewing two men at the centre of this morning's double shooting of Police Officers in Mangere.
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MANUKAU CITY — 3am - Police in Counties manukau are investigating a serious assault on several police staff at Mangere.
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Police hope that the arrest of a former Inland Revenue employee charged with corruption will encourage ethnic communities to approach police if they have concerns about crime.
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RAGLAN — The families of two men who died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning a cabin at an isolated rural camping ground outside of Raglan in the weekend have spoken of the loved ones they have lost.
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UPPER HUTT — Upper Hutt Police have released the name of a man who died in a fatal house fire early on Saturday morning.
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BALCLUTHA — At approximately 03:30am this morning Police were called to the scene of a crash on State Highway One, between Clinton and Balclutha.
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WHANGANUI — At about 9.10 pm on Monday 8th September an elderly gentleman was attacked at his home address in Hackett Street, Wanganui.
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HAMILTON — A man is facing a variety of charges after driving his vehicle into a stationary Police car early on Saturday morning, allegedly under the influence of alcohol.
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Police today welcomed the passing of the Policing Bill, following conclusion of its third reading with near unanimous party support in the House.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police investigating the death of a 60 year old man in Richardson Rd, Mt Roskill, late last night arrested a 30 year old male and charged him with Assault in relation to the dead man.
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NORTHLAND — Northland Police are currently investigating a suspicious death in the Mangapai area south of Whangarei City.
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OAMARU — At approximately 5.45pm on Sunday the 7th of September 2008 an eighteen year old Oamaru female died following a fatal crash at Parsons Road, Oamaru.
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BLENHEIM — Police and fire services attended the scene of a motor crash where a vehicle was struck by a Northern bound train.
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