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New Zealand has a very low rate of deaths in custody according to a report released today by the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA), which notes numerous safety improvements implemented by Police to ensure the safety of detainees.
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MANUKAU CITY — At approximately 2.15am this morning Police were called to an address in Primrose Place, Manurewa where disorder was taking place.
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TE AWAMUTU — Police are concerned for the safety of Te-Rangi-Kamatau CHASE missing from Te Awamutu. Mrs CHASE is 59 years old, of slight build with short greying hair.
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DUNEDIN — A 25-year-old unemployed Dunedin man will appear later today in the Dunedin District Court on a number of charges in relation to a drive off from a service station in Hillside Road, Dunedin, yesterday.
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TOKOROA — The Tokoroa police are seeking assistance from the public in relation to a serious assault that occurred in Tokoroa overnight.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police are renewing their call for any information relating to the whereabouts of Lei Nie, last seen in 2005.
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GISBORNE — Tairäwhiti Police: CIB are investigating two incidents that occurred overnight.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Jane Furlong may have been alive for some days after she was reported missing in late May, 1993.
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CHRISTCHURCH — At 5.30 pm today, Police were advised of a serious crash between two vehicles on the West Coast Rd (SH 73) near Jowers Rd, Christchurch. People have received serious injuries.
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Police are considering the judgement and are in discussions with Crown Law to determine what further action might be required.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The Liquor Licensing Authority has granted a license to Calendar Girls.
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SOUTHLAND — Southern Police today delivered a king hit to the illegal cannabis trade in Southland and Otago.
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AUCKLAND CITY — A post-mortem examination got underway at 9.30am on the body of Balmoral homicide victim, 36 year-old Dean Andrew Clark who died in his Balmoral Rd home late on Tuesday night or in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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Two arrests have been made by Police investigating the attempted robbery of a service station in Waihi and the aggravated robbery of a dairy in Katikati on 18 June.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Western Bay of Plenty CIB are asking for public assistance in locating Rastaman Angus Rapatini.
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NAPIER — The Taihape-Napier Road from the Kuripapango Bridge through to Taihape, also known as the Gentle Annie, has been closed due to snow.
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At about 2.45 pm today police were notified of a serious crash between two cars on SH 6 between Havelock and Renwick. As a result of the crash two people have been seriously injured.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Motorways Police are giving inattentive and distracted drivers specific attention this week in an effort to significantly reduce the large number of crashes that occur annually on the network of motorways in Metropolitan Auckland.
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NELSON — Nelson Police are advising road users in the Nelson area to take extreme care on the roads.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Shore Road has been closed between Portland Road and Victoria Ave as repairs are being made to a broken gas line.
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PAEROA — Police have arrested two men following the vandalism of memorial items left outside the shop of slain Paeroa businessman Jordan Voudouris, but believe the damage is not connected to his murder.
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June 26 is the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
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SOUTHLAND — Southern Police are reminding drivers to take extra care on the roads around Southland and Otago as extreme weather conditions are forecast to hit the region.
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AUCKLAND CITY — BOYD/Faithful/Irene DOB: 30/07/1941 of Rowena Cr, Glen Innes.
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WAIKOUAITI — Vehicle road access to the poultry farm, Zeagold Foods Ltd, at Waikouaiti, has now been cleared with Police having removed three protestors from the scene.
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PAEROA — Police are investigating vandalism to memorial items left outside the shop of Paeroa businessman Jordan Voudouris, to determine whether there may be any connection to his death.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Police have released the name of the man who died in a fatal car crash in the North Shore suburb of Milford earlier today.
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TAUMARUNUI — Police can confirm an eighteen year old Taumarunui man was stabbed once to the upper chest with a large knife.
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WELLINGTON CITY — At about 10.30pm on Saturday the 23rd June 2012 an 18 meter, 53 ton pleasure craft with two persons on board was returning to Seaview Marina when it struck rocks on the north end of Somes Island in Wellington Harbour.
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Overall police are impressed with the behaviour at the 2012 Ohakune Mardi Gras.
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WELLINGTON — The body of a 43 year old man missing in the Belmont Regional Park since Thursday afternoon has been found.
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WELLINGTON — Police in the Hutt Valley are looking for 43 year old Lance Kaiki, last seen in the Belmont Regional Park yesterday.
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MANUKAU CITY — Counties Manukau Police are actively investigating a fleeing driver incident that happened today between 10.30am and 10.56am.
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Screentime's Police Ten 7 television series has led to the arrests of 22 people so far this year, after the 20th episode screened last night.
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HOKITIKA — The 17 year-old Hokitika man killed when the car he was driving crashed on the Kaniere-Kowhitirangi Road, near Hokitika, about 1am today was Peter Wayne Gleeson.
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BLENHEIM — Blenheim Police are investigating a complaint from a woman that she was sexually assaulted in Eltham Road between Rogers and Stratford Sts about midnight last night.
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HOKITIKA — The 17 year-old Hokitika man was killed when the car he was driving crashed on the Kaniere-Kowhitirangi Road, near Hokitika, about 1am today.
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Drugs arrests at "The Daktory" Cannabis, cash and drug paraphernalia were among the items seized when Police arrested 3 persons for drug related offences in West Auckland this evening. Waitakere Police went to an address in Delta Avenue, New Lynn, at about 6.30pm on Thursday 21 June 2012.
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AORAKI/MOUNT COOK — A climber has been lifted off Mt Sebastopol, near Mt Cook, this afternoon after suffering moderate injuries in a fall.
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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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Kapiti Police are investigating a number of recent scrap metal thefts from around the Kapiti area and have arrested a 28 year old Paraparaumu man in connection with several of them.
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PAEROA — Waikato Police are continuing to make good progress in their inquiries into the murder of Paeroa businessman Jordan Voudouris.
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The mother of murdered teen Jane Furlong spoke to media at Auckland Central Police Station today where she shared some of her memories and thoughts of her daughter.
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PORIRUA — Porirua Police are seeking to locate 43 year old Paul Mark Mansell, who was last seen in Tawa last night.
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LOWER HUTT — A 27 year old man has appeared in the Lower Hutt District Court this afternoon facing a number of charges in relation to an incident in Epuni in the early hours of this morning.
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PAEROA — Waikato Police continue to focus their investigation on the scene at Mykono's Pizzas in Paeroa.
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Jane Furlong was the woman buried at Port Waikato's Sunset Beach and whose skeletal remains were found nearly 19 years to the day since she was last seen alive on Auckland's Karangahape Rd.
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Police investigating the homicide of Jane Marie Furlong are holding a media briefing at 1pm today at the Sufe Life Saving clubrooms, Sunset Beach, Port Waikato.
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PAEROA — Paeroa homicide release 3 19 June 2012 A post-mortem examination on the body of a man found dead in Paeroa early yesterday morning has indicated the death was suspicious.
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PAEROA — Paeroa sudden death release 2 19 June 2012 Waikato Police investigating the unexplained, sudden death of a man whose body was in found in central Paeroa early yesterday morning are keeping an open mind if the death is linked to two incidents in nearby towns on the same morning.
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The public can now view images and details of wanted people on the Police website.
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"Brown is the colour of poo, right? I don't like you, you are brown and brown is the colour of poo".
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PAEROA — Waikato Police investigating the sudden death of a man in Paeroa early this morning are awaiting results of a scene examination and post-mortem to determine the course their enquiries will take.
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This is to advise details of the missing person that Police are looking for in the Hunua ranges is : Ronnie FONG formerly known as Ronnie KUMAR - a male aged 36years.
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HASTINGS — Police and other services are at the scene of a serious crash on SH50, Links Rd, Waiohiki, Hastings.
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PAEROA — To advise that there will be a press conference at the Paeroa Police Station today at 2.30pm in relation to the deceased body located by Police this morning.
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MANUKAU CITY — Police and volunteer search teams are in the Hunua ranges searching for an overdue tramper.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police wish to advise that the Desert Road is now open however motorists should exercise extreme caution when passing through this area.
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HASTINGS — An 18yr old Napier man will face driving charges in the Hastings District Court next week, after Police allege he led them on an 8 minute pursuit which reached speeds of up to 185km/h.
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PORIRUA — Porirua Police are seeking help from the public to locate Tema Moke, who has had a prison recall warrant issued by the Parole Board.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police are investigating the robbery of the Fix convenience store on Cuba Street in the early hours of this morning.
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MANGATAWHIRI — The Serious Crash Unit investigating this incident advise that the road around the crash scene will be closed for up to four hours.
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UPPER HUTT — Commuters using the Rimutaka Hill Road should drive to the weather and road conditions as snow has started to fall at the summit.
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MANGATAWHIRI — Two persons are deceased after a two-car crash on SH 2, Mangatawhiri, at about 1.20pm today.
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The inaugural Derek Wootton Memorial Gala Dinner and Auction held late last month has raised more than $30,000 to continue to assist young people in the Kapiti Mana area to achieve their academic, cultural and sporting dreams.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The Wellington Drug Squad has seized hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cannabis in a five month long investigation which was terminated overnight.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — Palmerston North Rural CIB are investigating the unexplained death of a woman in her late forties in Dannevirke.
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MASTERTON — Wairarapa Police were called to a rural property earlier this afternoon, after an elderly farm worker was left with serious injuries after being charged at by a bull.
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Police are seeking help from the public to locate 43 year old Brian Conroy, who has warrants for his arrest.
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HAMILTON — Waikato Police are hoping an event focused new initiative to be unveiled at this week's National Fieldays at Mystery Creek will help prevent road trauma in the District and have the public seeing red about driving.
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WHANGAREI — At 4pm on State Highway One , Otaika (Whangarei District) a fuel tanker was involved in a crash with another vehicle.
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Seventy four new constables will graduate from The Royal New Zealand Police College in Wing 272 on Thursday 14 June.
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TAURANGA — A teenager will appear in court today following a fire last night that extensively damaged a trailer unit owned by the Life Education charity.
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MANUKAU CITY — Counties Manukau Police continue to fight the war on drugs with Operation Foiled achieving outstanding results.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The search for 30 year-old Murray Toleafoa ended in Auckland at lunchtime today when members of the Armed Offender's Squad arrested him on Quay St after he'd parked at Countdown carpark.
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ROTORUA — Police in Rotorua are looking to identify a man with a limp which was likely caused by falling from a balcony as he fled a crime scene.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police hunting Murray Toleafoa, the man who fired a shot at Police early on Friday morning, believe he could have been staying in motels around the Auckland area over the past few days.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A prisoner who absconded from custody at the Christchurch District Court last month has been recaptured - after Police found him hiding in the ceiling of a suburban house.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A man was to appear in the Christchurch District Court this morning in connection with a serious assault in Linwood yesterday [Sunday 10 June].
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A man has been stuck by a train between Baldwin Ave Station and Morningside Station on the Western Railway line.
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Crimestoppers has announced the offer of a $25,000 reward for information which leads to the location of missing West Coast man Hugh Charles McAllister and Police are hoping the reward will prompt someone to come forward with more information.
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DARGAVILLE — Police have today re-captured the two prisoners who escaped from Waikeria Prison on Thursday.
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FOX GLACIER — A 72 year old man from Adelaide in Australia has died as a result of a single vehicle crash on Friday evening about 20km south of Fox Glacier.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police investigating a shooting incident on Auckland's Mayoral Drive where an unarmed officer was lucky to escape with his life shortly before 1 o'clock this morning, say a pistol holster is in the car used by the passenger who fired at the officer.
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Following an eight month investigation, Police have identified the incomplete skeletal remains found in a Mt Wellington garage last year.
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Hutt Valley Police investigating the aggravated robbery of Charltons Bar in Silverstream last week are hoping the release of CCTV images may help identify the offender involved.
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Good behaviour on the sidelines is one result police hope to see from sports strips promoting an anti-violence campaign.
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A blessing has been held at the site near Waimate where the body of Czech national Dagmar (Dasha) Pytlickova was found last month.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland City Central Police say “you get what you pay for” when it comes to parking in the central city.
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TAUPO — Police are urging motorists to drive with care and responsibility, and to share the road, following a road crash that has led to serious injuries and criminal charges.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police are continuing to seek witnesses who came to the aid of a young woman following an alleged sexual assault on the 23rd of May.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police Commissioner Peter Marshall has condemned the attempted shooting of a Police Officer in Auckland this morning during a routine vehicle stop.
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AUCKLAND CITY — An Auckland City Police Officer is lucky to be alive today after having been fired upon by a vehicle passenger at about 1am in the Central City during a routine stop.
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HAMILTON — Working with family Police working to locate the driver of a vehicle that crashed into the Waikato River from a bridge in Hamilton believe they have identified the missing motorist.
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Searches of the Waikato River and its banks are continuing north of Hamilton today after a vehicle found submerged downstream from the Pukete Bridge was recovered without anyone in it.
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HAMILTON — Police divers in Hamilton have located a submerged vehicle approximately 40m downstream from the Pukete Bridge at a depth of two to three metres.
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CANTERBURY — Canterbury Police say the majority of drivers have been heeding warnings to drive cautiously this morning - keeping the number of crashes to a minimum.
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Te Awamutu Police are monitoring the situation at Waikeria Prison, south of Te Awamutu, as Correctional staff work to establish the whereabouts of two inmates found missing early this morning.
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As a specialist dive team make their way to Hamilton Police in the City continue to conduct follow up enquiries following a vehicle crashing through a barrier on a bridge and plunging into the Waikato River overnight.
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