New Zealand Police
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch Police are seeking sightings of a prisoner who absconded from custody at the District Court at Nga Hau e Wha Marae this afternoon.
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Police Search and Rescue Continues into Missing Fishing Vessel This morning at approximately 9.30 am Police were notified via a local fishing vessel in Doubtful Sound that the K'Cee, a 30 foot aluminium crayboat fishing at Doubtful Sound, was reported overdue. The last radio report from the K'Cee was received at 8.15 am yesterday.
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Further preliminary results of a post-mortem examination on the body of 64 year old Epuni bus driver Herman Curry indicate he died as a result of a medical condition.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are concerned about the health and welfare of 18 year-old Tevita LEA'AETOA, an inpatient at Te Whetu Tawera who did not return to the hospital after two hours of unescorted approved leave from it on Saturday, April 28.
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SOUTHLAND — A search is currently underway in Fiordland in the vicinity of Secretary Island north of Doubtful Sound in relation to an overdue commercial vessel.
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PORIRUA — Telephone calls from viewers of the Police Ten 7 television programme have resulted in Porirua Police arresting a man for indecent assault.
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CHRISTCHURCH — At 6.10pm a car collided with a pedestrian crossing Dyers Rd at the intersection with Ferry Road, Christchurch.
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Police investigating the death of 64 year old Epuni bus driver Herman Curry are not seeking anyone else at this stage.
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Police have released the name of the male fatally shot as Mark Richard VANDERLEY aged 26years who was a builder formerly from the Gore area and now resided in the Palmerston area.
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HUNTLY — Huntly Police are seeking the public's assistance in locating four youths armed with a knife who threatened a couple in their business during an aggravated robbery in the town on Tuesday.
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NELSON — At about 2:30pm on the 29th of April Police were advised of a motor bike accident in the rural township of Tapawera South of Nelson.
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In the early hours of Sunday morning a 19 year old local man was struck and killed by a North Bound Kiwi Rail Train, in Hinds.
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LOWER HUTT — As a result of Police enquiries into the suspicious death of 64 year old bus driver Herman Curry, four people have approached Police today and provided information surrounding his death.
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At about 11:30am on Saturday the 28th of April 2012, Police received an emergency call regarding a party of 16 people who were in difficulty on the summit of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing.
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GREYMOUTH — The Police dive squad completed a search of the lagoon at Cobden, near Greymouth this afternoon.
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TURANGI — A 64-year-old Tokaanu man died in Cranford Hospice, Hasting late yesterday, two weeks after he was seriously assaulted in his home near Turangi early on Saturday, 14 April.
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CHRISTCHURCH — At about 12.55pm on Saturday 29 April 17 year old female was walking by herself down Cranford Street toward Innes Road.
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INVERCARGILL — Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on a station in the Cattle flat area, Southland.
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CANTERBURY — In the early hours of this morning a male in his late teens was struck and killed by a North Bound Kiwi Rail Train, in Hinds, Mid Canterbury.
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CHRISTCHURCH — At about 12.55pm on Saturday 29 April 17 year old female was walking by herself down Cranford Street toward Innes Road.
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SOUTHLAND — Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on a station in the Cattle flat area, Southland.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The 25 year old male victim is still in hospital in a stable condition.
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GREYMOUTH — Police have today resumed the search for the driver who disappeared after fleeing from Police and entering a lagoon near Greymouth in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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CANTERBURY — In the early hours of this morning a male in his late teens was struck and killed by a North Bound Kiwi Rail Train, in Hinds, Mid Canterbury.
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GREYMOUTH — A Police search and rescue team this morning resumed their search for a man who disappeared after a short pursuit near Greymouth last night.
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LOWER HUTT — A scene examination is underway this morning at the Waterloo Interchange bus depot, where the body of a bus driver was discovered last night.
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GREYMOUTH — At approximately 1230 am this morning (28/4/12) Greymouth police attempted to stop a vehicle for a routine traffic offence. The vehicle attempted to evade Police and drove off at speed, losing control and sliding off the road almost immediately.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt Valley Police are investigating the death of a 64 year old Epuni man at the Waterloo interchange bus depot on Friday night.
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MORRINSVILLE — Waikato Police would like to thank the public for assistance in locating a 34 year old Morrinsville Man, the subject of an earlier media release. He was arrested earlier this afternoon and will appear in the Hamilton District court tomorrow facing a charge of kidnapping and three of injuring with intent.
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Tasman police district dog handler Constable Julian Lewis and his dog Saegar set a cracking pace at this week’s police dog and detector championships – winning the national patrol dog title amongst other trophies.
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MASTERTON — Wairarapa Police have arrested three young men in relation to an alleged crime spree in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
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Wairarapa Police are hoping to reunite Wairarapa residents with some recovered stolen property, following an execution of a search warrant at a Masterton house recently.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Police are continuing enquiries into the assault on The Press photographer and the theft of his camera near Cass Street Sydenham on Tuesday 24 April 2012.
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Savill Drive in Mangere East has been closed between James Fletcher Drive and Massey Road as Fire Service deal with a chemical spill.
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UPPER HUTT — Police in the Hutt Valley have arrested four men and impounded three vehicles in relation to a dangerous driving incident last month.
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PORIRUA — Porirua Police are actively seeking Brian Conroy after a warrant for his arrest was issued by the Lower Hutt District Court earlier today.
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Balmoral Police want help identifying a young woman found in the Tay Street Reserve, Western Springs, at 7am on Thursday morning [April 26].
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The Eastern Waikato's Police commander is crediting his Thames staff's good work after a month long operation netted three much wanted offenders, firearms, drugs and a stolen car.
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Nelson dog handler Constable Julian Lewis and his dog Saegar have cleaned up at the national Police Dog Championships held at Trentham this week.
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Kapiti Police are seeking help from the public to identify a male who used a credit card multiple times at a Raumati ATM machine, which had been earlier stolen from a car in Waikanae.
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A 39 year old male will appear in the North Shore District Court today on serious drug and weapons related charges after an incident at Dairy Flat prior to dawn on Anzac Day.
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The NW motorway citybound is closed between Hobsonville and Lincoln Rds.
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A man charged with seriously assaulting a 64 yr old man in his home re-appeared in the Taupö District Court on Tuesday.
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LEVIN — The body of missing 21-year-old Luke Rickett was found yesterday in a forestry area on the outskirts of Levin.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Police in South Auckland have arrested a 16-year old male in relation to an alleged kidnapping at Pioneer Stadium in Christchurch, on 1 April.
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MOTUEKA — At about 5.40pm on Tuesday 24th of August 2012 Police went to an address in Bennett Street, Motueka in relation to a breach of electronic bail.
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MOTUEKA — At about 5.40pm on Tuesday 24th of August 2012 Police went to an address in Bennett Street, Motueka in relation to a breach of electronic bail.
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MANUKAU CITY — Police were called to what is now a fatal incident between an elephant and its female keeper at the Franklin zoo shortly after 4.30pm this afternoon.
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LEVIN — Police are growing concerned for a Levin man missing from his home for over a week.
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Police staff will be marking Anzac Day by attending services throughout New Zealand.
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This week twelve police dog patrol teams and eleven detector dogs and handlers are competing for national honours in the National Police Dog Championships being held in Upper Hutt.
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Police have released the name of a man who died during a jet-boating incident on the Waimakariri River in North Canterbury yesterday [Sunday 23 April].
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Christchurch Police have released the name of a man who died after being struck by a train near Ensors Road in the early hours of Sunday morning [22 April].
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Wairarapa Police are looking for 63 year old Russell Kennedy who has a warrant for his arrest for failing to appear in the Wellington District Court late last month.
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Police at the scene of this afternoon’s fatal crash on SH73 in the Otira Gorge said the accident happened in exactly the same spot as a fatal truck crash last year.
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One person has died and two others are injured after a truck crashed on the Otira Gorge road about 12.30pm today.
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WHITIANGA — Whitianga Police and the family of a missing elderly woman are crediting the selfless efforts of a neighbour and strong local community spirit for the locating and rescue of the woman this morning.
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GREYMOUTH — At 11.09am Police were advised of a boat on fire out at sea from Greymouth on the West Coast.
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WHITIANGA — Whitianga Police working to locate a woman missing for three days say they are becoming more concerned for her safety as time goes on and are appealing for sightings of her, or her vehicle from the public.
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CAMBRIDGE — Cambridge Police are seeking the public's assistance in locating a man wanted in relation to a large amount of drugs found at a rural property outside the town yesterday.
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The Waitematä Serious Crash Unit is seeking witnesses to an incident on the Southern Motorway early this morning. A motorcyclist has been injured after being struck by a car travelling in the wrong direction.
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WAIKATO — Police are crediting new technology in being instrumental in the capture of an offender who could be described as being close to the Waikato's most wanted man following an incident in the District yesterday.
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NELSON — Nelson Bays Police have arrested a man and charged him in relation to a series of arsons in rural forestry blocks.
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BAY OF PLENTY — Police advise that SH28 in the Kaimai Ranges is currently closed both north and south bound.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police are crediting the value of following your instincts following the arrest of two cigarette burglars and the recovery of a stolen car early this morning.
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Police are advising media that the name of the 69 year old male passenger of a sail boat who passed away suddenly of natural causes on the 18/04/2012 at 0500hrs off the East Coast of the North Island is Roger Neil CROAD but known to many as Neil Croad of Blenheim.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Police are in attendance at an address in the suburb of Totaravale after the body of a woman in her thirties was discovered inside a house this morning.
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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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WAITAKERE CITY — A 20 year old male has appeared in the Waitakere District Court on serious charges after a stabbing in West Auckland last night.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police will be consulting with a variety of forensic, Iwi and historical experts as they seek to identify the age of a human bone found underneath a Beerescourt home early this week.
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A 95 year old man is in a stable condition in Auckland Hospital after being stabbed in his home by an intruder.
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HAAST — Police have released the name of the man who died after being thrown from his vehicle in an accident on State Highway 6 early this morning.
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LEVIN — An area of Levin is set to receive a make-over on Saturday (21 April) in an initiative led by Levin South Neighbourhood Policing Team and dubbed Project K2.
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ROTORUA — Rotorua Police need further help from the public in identifying the individual of individuals responsible for the break in and destruction of trees at the Scion Crown Research property in Sala Street, Whakarewarewa.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are seeking no longer seeking the whereabouts of Mr Tapenga LUKA, a 70 year old male from Haverstock Rd in Sandringham.
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TAURANGA — A 16-year-old was arrested in Tauranga this morning in relation to the assault of an elderly Waikanae Beach resident, Kapiti Coast, at his home last weekend.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are seeking the whereabouts of Mr Tapenga LUKA, a 70 year old male from Haverstock Rd in Sandringham.
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PORIRUA — Porirua Police are seeking public help to find Moses Allen, a 37-year-old patient who ran away from Capital and Coast District Health Board’s Regional Intellectual Disability Service facility in Porirua on Friday night, 13 April.
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The body of a 50-year-old northern Taranaki woman will be released to her family as soon as possible following completion of a post mortem in Palmerston North.
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Police continue to record family violence incidents and will continue to make those statistics publicly available as we have always done says Deputy Police Commissioner Mike Bush.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are seeking the whereabouts of Mr Lafaere LUI, reported missing from his home address in Mount Wellington, Auckland this afternoon. Mr LUI was last seen by his partner leaving their bedroom between 7am and 8am on the 16th of April 2012.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Police advise that the name of the Long Boarder who died yesterday in Birkenhead during the skate boarding race, is James Robert EISING.
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TARANAKI — A 13-year-old boy has appeared in the New Plymouth Youth Court today charged with the murder of a 50 year old woman in Okoki, northern Taranaki.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Police say the body discovered in the Waitematä Harbour at Devonport this morning was that of a deceased male aged 70 years.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Waitakere Police have arrested two adults and two juveniles after they used a knife to carry out a vicious assault on two young girls at Pukematakeo Summit in West Auckland on Friday.
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TARANAKI — New Plymouth CIB can now release the name of a 50-year-old woman who died after being shot at her Okoki, northern Taranaki, home yesterday.
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TARANAKI — A 13-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with the murder of his caregiver near rural Okoki in northern Taranaki.
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New Plymouth CIB are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a woman believed to be aged in her fifties that occurred about 3.30 pm this afternoon. The shooting occurred in a rural area inland from Urenui in North Taranaki and Police have cordoned off the scene of the incident.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police, working to establish the circumstances in which a man suffered a serious neck wound in a confrontation in an inner-city bar early this morning, are interviewing people in the bar at the time.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police investigating the stabbing of a man at his home early this morning are urging people not to put themselves at risk when confronting an intruder but to seek help at the earliest opportunity.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Members of the Wellington CIB are today investigating two unrelated incidents of assault that occurred on Courtenay Place, Wellington between 2.00am and 2.30am on Sunday the 15th of April 2012.
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CANTERBURY — A 15 year male, Logan Ratima has been reported missing from the Brackenridge Estate, Templeton at 10.00am this morning.
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Due to a serious motor vehicle accident on SHW 73, between Arthurs and Waimakariri River Valley Road. Police advise that the road is now closed to all traffic.
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FEILDING — Feilding Police are seeking the assistance of the public to help them locate Marc Rhys TUFFEY.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The search for Eroni Ravaga Gaunavou missing off Akitio Beach will continue into the weekend at which point police will reassess their involvement.
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