New Zealand Police
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HAMILTON — A man is in custody in the Hamilton Police Station following a series of incidents in the suburb of Queenwood early this morning that saw a garage and two cars seriously damaged.
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TAUMARUNUI — Post mortem examinations have been carried this morning on David and Bernadette Otimi who were found dead by their children at their home in Taumarunui yesterday morning.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Police are invesitigating two suspect vehicles which are parked in the Glenfield mall bottom car park.
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TAUMARUNUI — A man found dead in a house in Taumarunui yesterday morning (Thursday, 30 July) has been named as 43-year-old David Nicholas Otimi, son of David and Joan Otimi.
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WELLINGTON — Police and other services are off at a two vehicle crash on the corner of Takapu Rd and Jamaica Dr in Grenada North Wellington.
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TAUMARUNUI — Around 8.45am yesterday (Thursday, 30 July) the bodies of a 43-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman were found dead in a house in Taupo Road, Taumarunui.
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WELLINGTON — At approximately 11.35pm on Wednesday the 29th July 2009, a Subaru car travelling south on the Paekakariki Hill road crossed the centreline and crashed into a tree.
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Commissioner Howard Broad today welcomed the release of the Law Commission's consultation document reviewing liquor legislation - "Alcohol In Our Lives".
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CHRISTCHURCH — At 9.03 am on Thursday 30 July 2009, a male entered the Westpac Bank at St Martins.
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WELLINGTON — Lower Hutt Police were alerted to a suspicious parcel making ticking noises in Petone this morning.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Earlier this evening Police investigating a shooting of a 36 year old male on Monday in the Point Chevalier area, charged the alleged offender with possession of an offensive weapon and assault with a weapon during a Auckland District Court bed side hearing at the Auckland Hospital.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police investigating Monday's shooting in Pt Chevalier say that the injured man appears to have engineered the confrontation which led to the shooting.
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TARANAKI — A man has died after being hit by a car two weeks ago in South Taranaki.
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WOODVILLE — Police are naming a man and a woman they believe were involved in a robbery in the small country town of Woodville earlier this month during which a man was attacked with a baseball bat.
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HUNTLY — A man was arrested and faces robbery charges following an incident in Huntly that saw Police establish an armed cordon around an address in the north of the town yesterday afternoon.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — Police in Palmerston North are investigating the aggravated robbery of a dairy.
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HUNTLY — Waikato Police have established a cordon around a property in northern Huntly as they seek to establish what occurred at a Kihikihi address earlier this morning.
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KIHIKIHI — Police Armed Offenders squad were called to an address in Huntly today following an aggravated robbery which originally occurred in Kihikihi this morning.
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PORIRUA — Porirua Police want to speak with the driver of a blue 4x4 vehicle which hit a cyclist on Monday 27 July.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Police are appealing to the public for information on the whereabouts of a 73 year old female who has been reported missing from her home in Belmont.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The man shot by Police outside a Smale St, Pt Chevalier, Auckland property at about 1pm today, was armed with a meat cleaver and two other knives when he advanced on officers who were off the property and keeping observations on him while waiting for the Armed Offenders Squad to attend.
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MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — Seven officers from Palmerston North and Feilding are being 'adopted' by Hato Paroa College in a scheme that aims to improve relationships between the police and students.
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AUCKLAND CITY — An armed man has been taken to hospital by ambulance after being shot by Police outside an address in the Auckland suburb of Pt Chevalier at about 1pm today.
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WHANGANUI — A woman will appear in court today after a stabbing incident at a caravan park in Wanganui at the weekend.
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HAMILTON — Normally terms like 'a bloody mess' are frowned upon when used on Police radios but officers attending a call in Hamilton early Saturday morning found they could find no better way to describe what they found.
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WHANGAREI — At 3.41am on Sunday the 26th day of July 2009 emergency services attended a motor vehicle accident on Western Hills Drive, Whangarei near the Manse Street intersection.
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WAIUKU — A 21 year old Waiuku man was killed when the boat he was a passenger in collided with a tree on the Waikato River near Waiuku about 9.30 pm last night.
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NORTHLAND — The name of the pedestrian who died as a result of being hit by a marked police vehicle, whilst walking on the road, on State Highway 1, Ohaeawai, on the evening of 25 July 2009, has been named as Rawire WILSON, aged 16 years, from Kaeo.
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NGARUAWAHIA — Very, very fortunate is how rescuers are describing an elderly Alzheimer's sufferer who survived several hours partially submerged in the ice cold water of a stream in Ngaruawahia overnight.
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NORTHLAND — At about 11.38 pm on the evening of Saturday 25 July 2009, a police vehicle occupied by two uniformed front-line police members was travelling south along State Highway 1, Ohaeawai, towards Moerewa, when their marked patrol car struck two pedestrians walking in an easterly direction on their side of the road.
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PAPAKURA — Police have arrested a man after a domestic dispute escalated to the point where a firearm was produced and a number of shots were discharged into the house.
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WHANGAREI — At 3.41am on Sunday the 26th day of July 2009 emergency services attended a motor vehicle accident on Western Hills Drive, Whangarei near the Manse Street intersection.
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CANTERBURY — NZ Police advise that person killed in the avalanche on Ragged Range, near Mount Somers, Mid Canterbury, New Zealand on 24 July 2009 was Llynden RIETHMULLER aged 61 of Sydney, Australia.
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NORTHLAND — A large slip has closed State Highway 1 near Mangamuka in the far North.
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MANUKAU CITY — Police and Emergency services are at the scene of an industrial accident in East Tamaki, South Auckland [24 July 2009 17:00 ].
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BAY OF PLENTY — At about 2.25 pm on Friday 24 July 2008 three disguised offenders have robbed the Kati Kati Paper Plus and Post Shop in the main Kati Kati shops.
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MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — Police are hunting a group of men who ram raided the Caltex Service Station on SH1 at Sanson early this morning (Friday, 24 July).
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METHVEN — Police can confirm that one person has died as a result of injuries received in the avalanche in the Ragged Range.
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WHANGANUI — Around 9.10pm last night (Thursday, 23 July) the Challenge Service Station, also known as Elders Taylors Ltd, General Merchant, in Hunterville, was the subject of a burglary.
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METHVEN — At around 1pm today police were advised that two people in a guided tour group had been buried in an avalanche in the Ragged Range near Methven.
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HAMILTON — A female shop worker is currently undergoing a medical examination after being injured when a car crashed through a shop window in North Hamilton this morning.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland City Police investigating the rape of a tourist in a central city park believe the offender has stalked other women and many strike again.
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PAPAKURA — Counties-Manukau CIB have made three arrests in relation to an Aggravated Robbery that was committed at the Valley Superette in Porchester Road, Papakura at 3.30 pm on Thursday 23 July 2009.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Police have released the name of the cyclist killed in a collision with a Motor vehicle, at the intersection of Awatea Road & Carrs Road at 7.15am on Thursday 23 July 2009.
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MOTUEKA — There have been no further sightings of the escaped prisoner Casey George William BOWLER-MONCUR since the night of Wednesday 22 July 2009.
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MASTERTON — Kapiti and Masterton Police have arrested a man in connection to a number of burglaries committed in Kapiti, Pukerua Bay and Masterton areas over the last two months.
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CHRISTCHURCH — At approx 7.00am today (23 July 2009) a van collided with a cyclist at the intersection of Awatea Road and Carrs Road in Halswell, Chrischurch.
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AUCKLAND — Please are seeking information leading to the location of missing 79 year old female from Parakai near to Helensville.
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NEW PLYMOUTH — The body of 28-year-old pilot Ben Israel Gaastra has been winched from the site where his Cessna 152 crashed yesterday evening.
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NEW PLYMOUTH — The pilot of a Cessna 152 aircraft which came down south west of Te Kuiti last night has been named as 28-year-old Ben Israel Gaastra from New Plymouth.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch Police have concerns for the well being of a 13 year old boy who has been missing from where he is living in Richmond, Christchurch.
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RAGLAN — A team of search and rescue volunteers and police are being flown to the Waikawau area this morning to continue the search for a missing light aircraft and its pilot.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A 30 year old male will appear in the Christchurch District Court this morning charged with Wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to the assault on the 19 year old man found in Chancery Lane on the morning of Friday, 10 July 2009.
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MASTERTON — At about 5pm on Tuesday the 21 July, emergency services were notified of an incident on Te Ore Ore Rd, Masterton.
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WELLINGTON — Police advise motorists in high sided vehicles and motorcyclists to avoid or take extreme caution on SH2 Rimutaka Hill due to high winds currently hitting the Waiarapa District.
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MASTERTON — Police are responding to a fatal vehicle collision on a rural Masterton road.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Police are seeking two males seen here, believed to be related to an incident that occurred on the corner of Hereford Street and Oxford Terrace between 0030 hrs and 0100 hrs on 6 June 2009.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Chrischurch Police have recovered a surfboard believed taken from a property in the Opawa Road/Ensors Road/Brougham Street area on Monday 20th July 2009.
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UPPER HUTT — Upper Hutt Police were alerted to a suspicious package containing white powder this morning.
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HOKITIKA — At about 2.45 am on Tuesday 22nd July Hokitika Police and Hokitika Fire Brigade were called to a house fire on Hampden Street, Hokitika.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are seeking the the identity of a passenger on the bus involved in the collision with the pedestrian this morning.
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CANTERBURY — A Canterbury Highway Patrol operation targeting the 63 km stretch of State Highway 7 between the Hanmer turnoff and the Lewis Pass summit kicks off again.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Police are investigating a single vehicle fatal road crash on the North Western Motorway, near Royal Road in Auckland.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Police are attending a collision between a bus and a child in Barrack Road, Mt Wellington.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Police are looking for a 20 year old Intellectually handicapped man who has been missing since Sunday the 19th July 2009.
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MANUKAU CITY — Implementation of a new project which includes the recruitment and deployment of 300 extra police staff for Counties Manukau is now under way.
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WELLINGTON — Police are keeping an open mind about what caused a fire at a Titahi Bay address in the early hours of Monday 20 July.
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CENTRAL PLATEAU — Ruapehu Police are investigating the disappearance of Indian national Kanwalpreet Brar, aka Rinky Brar.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A large number of people were arrested over the weekend for breaching the city's liquor bans.
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KAIAPOI — The name of a driver who died as the result of a fatal car crash yesterday evening on Lineside Road is Caleb William CHURCH aged 19 year of Rangiora.
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LYTTELTON — Police are attending a fatal crash on Marine Drive, Charteris Bay ,Lyttelton.
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CANTERBURY — Wellington Police are appealing for information and sightings of a male who asked a young female for sex in Mt Cook, then assaulted her when she said no.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police are appealing for sightings of a young male who approached a person for money on Bay Road in Kilbirnie, Thursday 16th of July.
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HAMILTON — Rain and concrete walls- they're a dangerous combination, especially for out of control high performance motor vehicles warn Hamilton Police.
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HUNTLY — Huntly Police are awaiting the results of a post-mortem being carried out today to tell them how a man died in the town over the weekend.
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AUCKLAND — Police are investigating a fatal road crash at Wellsford township The crash involved two vehicles on State highway one on the southern outskirts of town.
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AUCKLAND CITY — A pedestrian has been struck and killed by a bus on Great North Road, near the intersection with Kiwi Road, Point Chevalier.
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KAIAPOI — Police are currently at the scene of a fatal head on motor vehicle accident on Lineside Road, near Kaiapoi.
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HUNTLY — A man was found dead at his home in Huntly at about 8:30 this morning.
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MANUKAU CITY — Counties-Manukau Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 44 year old Mangere man who died during a domestic altercation late on Saturday night.
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MANUKAU CITY — Counties-Manukau Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 44 year old Mangere man who died during a domestic altercation late on Saturday night.
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WAITAKERE CITY — The Waitakere Criminal Investigation Branch is investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of two people found dead at a Henderson address.
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CENTRAL PLATEAU — Emergency services are currently at the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash on State Highway One, Desert Road.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Police are investigating a serious assault that occurred around 5pm on Friday the 17th of July 2009 at a residential address in Roseberry Ave, BIRKENHEAD.
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AUCKLAND — Police are currently at the scene of an accident on SH1, just south of Pokeno.
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WAITAKERE CITY — The Waitakere Criminal Investigation Branch is presently attending to an incident in West Auckland.
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GISBORNE — Police are advising that Matawai Road near Te Karaka (Gisborne area) is likely to be closed in the next few hours due to the flood risk posed by the rising Waikohu River.
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MANUKAU CITY — Counties Manukau Police are appealing to the public for any sightings or known whereabouts of a 14 year old youth missing from his Mangere home.
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CENTRAL PLATEAU — Due to severe weather conditions "snow" the desert road is closed until further notice.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — A 27 year old male will appear in the North Shore District Court today charged with the robbery of the Albany branch ANZ bank on Thursday the 16th July 2009.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Police are advising motorists in the Hawke's Bay to expect delays on State Highway 50a - after a house being towed on a trailer blew apart.
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WAIKATO — A man, woman and small child had a lucky escape when the car they were trying to evade Police in rolled on a rural Waikato road overnight.
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MANUKAU CITY — An accident has occurred between two trucks, southbound on the Southern Motorway blocking all lanes.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police investigating a crash that left a motorcyclist in a critical condition in the central city yesterday are appealing for a motorist to come forward.
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CENTRAL PLATEAU — Police are advising motorists to be aware of icy conditions on the roads around Waiouru.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington Police are appealing for information regarding an assault outside Burger King on Wednesday 15 July.
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HAMILTON — Armed Police searching several Hamilton properties located three people wanted in connection with the aggravated robbery of a Nawton home early this morning.
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HAMILTON — Police attending the scene of a serious crash near a busy Hamilton intersection found themselves frustrated by people nearly running them over or walking through a cordoned off accident scene today.
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