New Zealand Police
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MARTON — Police in Marton are investigating a theft at a leading fertiliser manufacturer and distributor estimated at $38,000.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Police are investigating the suspicious death of 33 year old Damien Loder ALLEN who was found deceased in a Hillsborough house on 24 September 2009 by emergency services after a call from others at the address.
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AUCKLAND — Auckland City Police recorded a marginal drop in the level of overall crime compared to the previous fiscal year.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington Police District's total recorded crime in the 12 months ending 30 June 2009 has increased from the previous year.
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NORTHLAND — Northland Police District's total recorded crime in the 12 months ending 30 June 2009 has increased compared to the previous year.
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Central Police District's total recorded crime in the 12 months ending 30 June 2009 has decreased from the previous year.
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OTAGO — Recorded crime continued to decrease in Otago Rural in the year to 30 June 2009, dropping by 3.2% from the previous year.
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SOUTHLAND — The amount of recorded crime resolved in Southland increased by 1.9% in the year to 30 June 2009, with 54.5% of recorded crime being resolved during the year.
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AUCKLAND — Waitematä Police District's total recorded crime in the 12 months ending 30 June 2009 reveals a small increase compared to previous year.
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OTAGO — Dunedin Police are pleased the latest crime statistics show a 5.8% drop in recorded offences in the Dunedin and Clutha local authority areas for the year to 30 June 2009.
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Crime statistics released today show that Canterbury District experienced a 7% increase in recorded crime for the year.
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For the second year in a row, Police solved more crime while the number of recorded offences increased slightly.
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WAIKATO — A member of the public's willingness to act on a 'gut instinct' made all the difference in the recapturing of New Zealand's most wanted man this evening.
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QUEENSTOWN — Police today arrested seven people on a variety of drug-related charges including importing, selling and supplying, producing Class B controlled drugs, selling Class A controlled drugs, and offences in relation to Class C controlled drugs (cannabis) and utensils for consuming cannabis.
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Residents in Herbertville and Akitio have been advised that they can safely return to their homes as the tsunami warning for the area is cancelled.
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Central District Police are working alongside regional and district councils monitoring the Tsunami threat as it applies to the Central Police District.
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WAIKATO — A dangerous offender who escaped from a Waikato prison early yesterday morning remains on the run today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch police wish to warn residents of people impersonating police officers and asking for their cash flow cards and pin numbers and cheque books.
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HAMILTON — A Hamilton Policeman has to await the results of a series of tests to determine what if any risk he faces after suffering a serious bite to his arm while making an arrest overnight.
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A light plane crashed into a swamp near the Great Barrier Island runway.
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AUCKLAND — Police are attending a car crash in Diana Drive, Glenfield.
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Five seconds, that's all the difference between seven families having their loved ones present at the Christmas dinner table this summer and them not.
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MANUKAU CITY — NZ Transport Agency wishes to advise that Orams Road Bridge that crosses the Southern Motorway [SH1] in Manukau City is now closed to traffic for urgent repairs.
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WELLINGTON CITY — A roll of pipe has fallen off a truck and is the middle of the road on the Wellington Urban Motorway.
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Police across Central District want to send a clear message to firearms owners that they will be prosecuted if their licences expire but they continue to possess their firearms.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — A man charged with robbing a bank in Palmerston North yesterday (Monday, 28 September) has now been charged with robbing the same bank earlier in the month.
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MORRINSVILLE — Waikato Police investigating the suspicious death of a Morrinsville toddler have released her name.
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CAMBRIDGE — Fatigue and a failure to make it click appear to be major contributors to a crash that claimed the life of a man south of Cambridge yesterday.
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TE AWAMUTU — Waikato Police searching for a man who escaped from a prison south of Te Awamutu early this morning warn he is dangerous and should not be approached.
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AUCKLAND — At about 3:00am a prisoner escaped from Waikeria Prison.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — A 25-year-old man has been charged following the aggravated robbery of a bank in Palmerston North earlier today (Monday, 28 September).
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MARLBOROUGH — At 3.40 PM a Search and Rescue Operation commenced in the Marlborough Queen Charlotte Sound when an inflatable rubber dingy was located on the shore near Punga Cove.
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WELLINGTON — At about 11am on Monday 28th September 2009 an Aggravated Robbery occurred at the Kingston Foodmarket situated at 38 Quebec Street, Kingston, Wellington.
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WELLINGTON — Police are advising northbound motorists of lengthy delays on State Highway One out of Wellington.
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WAIKATO — Police serious crash unit in attendance.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The identity of a man whose body was located on Sumner Beach, Christchurch on Saturday the 26th September 2009 has been identified and his next of kin advised.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Three Wellington businesses will be appearing before the Liquor Licensing Authority after selling alcohol to minors in a controlled purchase operation.
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HAMILTON — The driver of a van that crashed after clipping a truck on SH2 near Ngatea last week has been charged.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — One man has been apprehended following the second aggravated robbery at a Palmerston North Bank in two weeks.
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CHRISTCHURCH — World cycling champion Alison Shanks is looking for a new bike after her racing machine was stolen from an Expo in Christchurch at the weekend.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — Today at 0940hrs, Police were called to an Armed Robbery at the ANZ Bank on Ruahine Street, Palmerston North.
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MORRINSVILLE — Waikato Police investigating the suspicious death of a Morrinsville toddler early yesterday morning are working to ensure all relatives have been informed before the young girl can be identified.
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PORIRUA — Police officers who have died in the line of duty will be remembered tomorrow at the annual Australasian and South Pacific Police Remembrance Day.
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MORRINSVILLE — Waikato Police are awaiting the results of a post-mortem being carried out in Auckland today on the body of a young Morrinsville girl who died in Waikato Hospital overnight (27 September).
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch Police are warning shoplifters that they are going to come in for special attention During the up-coming school Holidays.
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TIMARU — At about 9.20pm on Sunday the 27th September two males have gone into the Centenial Park Store, Church Street, Timaru.
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ASHBURTON — At about 9.03 pm a male was assaulted in Ashburton and the offenders have left taking his vehicle.
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CHRISTCHURCH — At approximately 11.00pm on the night of Saturday the 26th of September 2009 a residential unit at Brougham Village, Brougham Street, Christchurch was deliberately set on fire.
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CHRISTCHURCH — At about 12.16pm on Saturday the 26th September 2009 a male body, approximately 40 years old, was located washed up on Sumner beach, Christchurch.
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OTAGO — Police advise there has been a vehicle crash on State Highway One, Maheno.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are in attendance at a serious crash on Tamaki Drive/Vale Rd.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Twenty six people (ten women and 16 men) have now been arrested in operation by Eastern Police District officers in Napier and Hastings today.
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NORTHLAND — More than 30 people have been arrested on drugs charges after Police executed a number of search warrants around Northland this week.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Drug dealing including the supply of cannabis to 'tinnie houses' has been dealt a blow in a special police operation which terminated in Hawkes Bay today.
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WELLINGTON — Glenmore Street, Wellington between Upland Rd and Governor Rd is currently closed to all traffic.
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MANUKAU CITY — At about 2.35p.m this afternoon Police were advised that a man previously involved in a verbal altercation with a second person, had returned to his home address where he was seen in possession of a firearm.
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There have been reports of snow in the Manawatu Gorge, Pahiatua Track,and Norsewood areas, as well as high winds on State Highway 1 between Sanson and Foxton and in the Ashurst area.
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WELLINGTON — Police have received reports of snowfall on the Rimutaka Hill and urge motorists to exercise caution in the area.
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CHRISTCHURCH — In the wake of the triple fatality in the Canterbury suburb of New Brighton last week, where the driver has acknowledged that he fell asleep at the wheel, it is timely to raise the issue of driver fatigue says Inspector Al Stewart, Canterbury Road Policing Manager.
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RANGIORA — Police are investigating the death of a man at a Rangiora Timber yard yesterday afternoon.
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A move to establish "Schools of Training" at The Royal New Zealand Police College will help modernise the Police approach to education and training and ultimately lead to safer communities.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The officer who was stabbed in the early hours of yesterday morning is enjoying days off to recover, says Detective Sergeant Michael Earl.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Police dog Koal, injured in a knife attack this morning, is likely to be off work for the rest of the week.
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NAPIER — The man who locked himself in a bus outside Napier's travel centre today and threatened to use explosives has surrendered quietly to police.
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TE AWAMUTU — Police are concerned about the where abouts of: Heather Jean COLE 64 years old of OTOROHANGA Mrs Cole left Greenhill Drive,Te Awamutu approximately 1730hrs on Wednesday 23rd September, heading to her address, which normally would take about 30 minutes and did not arrive home.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Shortly after 4.30pm a taxi driver was assaulted with a blunt object and his taxi stolen.
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NAPIER — Police are urging a man claiming to have explosives inside a bus at Napier's Travel Centre to give himself up.
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GREYMOUTH — Police have today have suspended the search for Mr LORIMER after efforts by the National Dive Squad yesterday failed to locate anything of interest.
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NAPIER — Â At approximately 11:35 this morning a male passenger on a coach that is parked at the Napier Travel Centre (Munroe St) has threatened that he has an improvised explosive device on his persons.
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TASMAN — Police, Fire and Ambulance are currently attending two separate vehicle crashes on State Highway 6, one in the Lower Buller Gorge at Tiroroa by the Ohikaiti River Bridge where a truck and trailer has rolled, and the other located at the eastern end of the Buller Gorge on State Highway 6, approximately 1 kilometre from Inangahua Junction (where SH 6 and SH 67 intersect).
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OHAKUNE — A 19-year-old man killed in a road crash in Ohakune early this morning has been named as Ezra Fluerty.
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OHAKUNE — At approximately 3:10am on Wednesday the 23rd of September 2009 emergency services were called to a single motor vehicle crash on Goldfinch Street Ohakune.
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OHAKUNE — Emergency Services are currently attending a serious crash in Clyde Street OHAKUNE SH49 Ruapehu.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Today’s sentencing of Stephen McDonald for the armed, P-fuelled rampage that led to the accidental killing of Halatau Naitoko on Auckland’s motorway brings those involved one step closer to closure, Police Association President Greg O’Connor said today.
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MT MAUNGANUI — Police attended a call about a domestic situation in Mt Maunganui after a man made threats to shoot his ex partner.
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AUCKLAND CITY — "Another milestone in a terrible tragedy", is how the officer in charge of the Halatau Naitoko homicide investigation described today's sentencing of Stephen Hohepa McDonald to 13 years in prison with a minimum non parole period of eight years.
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ROTORUA — Police are attending a report of a person with a gun shot to the leg in the Ngongotaha area, Rotorua District.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — A motorcyclist who died in a road crash in Palmerston North on Sunday (20 September) has been named as 32-year-old Ross David Grant from Pahiatua.
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WELLINGTON — Local Hutt Valley bus service, Valley Flyer is joining with the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute in a new community partnership.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch police have recovered some jewellery they believe to have been stolen.
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RANGIORA — An 87 year old woman who was rescued from a house fire in Rangiora on Sunday night died in Christchurch Hospital last night.
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GREYMOUTH — The search for missing Greymouth man Andrew David Lorimer is continuing today and is focusing on sections the Grey River.
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AUCKLAND CITY — About 2:00 pm on 21 Sept 2009 police were called by staff at the St Heliers Presbyterian Church in St Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch Police are seeking robber wearing a distinctive sweatshirt.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Police are concerned that some commentators appear to be deliberately misrepresenting the actions taken by Police to secure the property at Wainoni Road.
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RANGIORA — Emergency services attended a house fire in Rangiora - North Canterbury.
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BALCLUTHA — At about 8.30pm on Saturday the 19th of September 2009 the Balclutha Police were alerted to a missing hunter in the Blue Mountains near Beaumont.
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GREYMOUTH — A Search & Rescue operation was launched today in Greymouth after a motor vehicle crash in Taylorville at approximately 3.30am.
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AUCKLAND — [7.55am] Police are in attendance at the Dairy Flat roundabout, intersection State Highway 1 and 17, Dairy Flat.
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WELLINGTON CITY — At about 7:45pm on Saturday 19th September 2009 an attempted robbery occurred at the G & S Superette situated on the corner of Onepu Road and Apu Crescent, Lyall Bay.
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MANUKAU CITY — A post-mortem examination was held this morning after 38 year old Susan JEHODA was found by friends deceased at a Tuakau address yesterday afternoon.
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WHANGAPARAOA — THere has been a fatal accident on Whangaporoa Rd near Doyly Rd that occurred at 1430hours.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — Police are currently attending a fatal motor vehicle collision in Milson, Palmerston North.
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AUCKLAND CITY — People driving around Auckland City during the period of Wednesday 16 -Sunday 20 September were greeted by multiple Police Checkpoints set up to detect drunk drivers.
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FEILDING — Police are currently attending a fatal motor vehicle collision on Awahuri Fielding Road between Stewart Road and Lees Road.
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The police officer named in the NZ Herald on page 6 today has not appeared in court yet and therefore has name suppression until he does.
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CHRISTCHURCH — At approximately 12.50pm on Friday 18 Sept 2009, a 90 year old lady was accosted as she was putting her groceries into her car while in the car park of Countdown Supermarket, Colombo street, Beckenham.
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ROTORUA — Two police cars were damaged and 31 people were arrested in Rotorua overnight as a result of a ‘boy racer’ gathering in the city.
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MOTUEKA — At about 800am on Saturday the 19th September 2009 Emergency Services were called to the business premises of Quaystone on Batchelors Ford Road in MOTUEKA.
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