Waikato Police

Taupo — Police investigating a 'hit and run' crash in Taupō  yesterday evening located four young people in the offending vehicle, including an unrestrained four-year-old child.

By New Zealand Police
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Waikato — The combined Rotary Clubs of Hamilton are calling for nominations for the 2017 Hamilton Rotary "Police Person of the Year" Award.

By Rotary Club of Fairfield
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Waikato — A worry, likely only appreciated by those who have faced similar situations, is how the parents of a missing man describe their feelings today.

By New Zealand Police
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Waikato — Waikato Police are seeking the public's help in locating firearms stolen from a home in the south of the City earlier this week.

By New Zealand Police
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Hamilton — A piece of military ordnance buried under a central Hamilton home that was discovered by house movers today has been declared harmless by explosive experts.

By New Zealand Police
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Hamilton — As they evacuate nearby houses as a precaution, Hamilton Police dealing with the discovery of a piece of unexploded ordnance are asking members of the public to stay clear of the area.

By Hamilton City Council
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Hamilton — Hamilton Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspicious smoker, caught on security camera footage trying doors in central Hamilton yesterday.

By New Zealand Police
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Hamilton — Hamilton Police are awaiting results of forensic examinations carried out on a body found in the Waikato River near Mercer last week to determine the person's identity.

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Hamilton — Hamilton Police are praising fire-fighters for the timely providing of equipment vital in the recovery of a hypothermic fleeing driver who tried to avoid arrest by hiding in the Waikato River overnight.

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Huntly — Huntly Police are appealing for information from the public in an effort to locate a motorbike removed from the scene of a crash that they say could hold key evidence in the ensuing crash investigation.

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Hamilton — Hamilton Police are urging the owners of mock weapon like objects to think of the consequences of going out in public with such items after an incident today that saw a school locked down and armed officers ring the University of Waikato.

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Hamilton — Hamilton Police are investigating a report of a foetus being found on Wednesday (20 June) in public toilets in a shop at the Base, Te Rapa.

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Hamilton — The family who occupy the Hamilton home where a human bone was recovered say they are as interested as anyone else in the eventual outcome of who the person was and how they come to be there.

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Waikato — A senior Waikato Police officer believes two of his staff were extremely lucky to escape injury this morning when an offender used his car as a battering ram and ended up with it on top of a Police patrol car's bonnet before speeding off.

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Hamilton — Police investigating a serious assault on a man in Hamilton's CBD early this morning are appealing for witnesses as they work to identify those responsible.

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Waikato — Waikato Police are warning those involved in the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs that they can expect significantly more resources to be applied to shutting them down as activity in the east of the District has shown.

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Otorohanga — The finding of a badly damaged car with a deceased driver inside was an unfortunate early morning discovery for an overseas tourist out jogging in Otorohanga on Saturday.

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Taupo — On the evening of the 24 February Police recaptured a prisoner who escaped from Tongariro Rangipo Prison on Tuesday 21 February.

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Hamilton — Ms Naiju Li, a 56 years old retired civil engineer and accomplished university lecturer had what was meant to be a wonderful visit with her niece shattered by police brutality.

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Hamilton — While refuting claims of miss-use of force by Hamilton officers against a female overseas tourist the Waikato's top Police officer says what happened will become clear once a number of investigations have been completed.

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Taupo — A Taupo woman was confronted by three armed men in the early hours of this morning (Friday 27/1/12) after she disturbed them breaking into the back of a shop in the Paetiki Shopping Centre in Taupo.

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Hamilton — Hamilton Police are commending the actions of animal control officers responsible for the euthanasing of three cattle beasts that had broken free from a truck on a busy Hamilton thoroughfare on Tuesday.

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