New Zealand Police
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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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NEW BRIGHTON — Police are currently searching the Christchurch suburb of New Brighton, around Bowhill Road, for a 15 year old boy missing from his special care home at 1715 hours.
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CANTERBURY — Canterbury Police are advising motorists to be extra cautious overnight and tomorrow morning as the possibility of ice on roads poses an additional hazard to drivers.
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A 24 year-old Mt Wellington man will appear in the Auckland District Court this morning charged with interfering with human remains.
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WELLINGTON CITY — As a result of the armed incident that occurred in Victoria Street, Wellington earlier this evening a firearm was located.
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NELSON — Nelson Police have successfully opposed name suppression for a man now facing more than 100 charges for sexual offending, in his third appearance in the Nelson District Court today.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Police are starting to get calls in relation to flooding in parts of Auckland.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Police and fire service are currently at the scene of a three vehicle nose to tail crash north bound on the Ngauranga Gorge, SH 1. There are reports of injuries and the Gorge is currently down to one lane.
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Police advise that due to a data error, the incorrect information regarding the number of road crashes attended by Police for Queen’s Birthday Weekend was supplied.
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Police investigating the deaths of Czech national Dagmar (Dasha) Pytlickova and Waimate man Jason Frandi have renewed their call for sightings of Frandi's vehicle in the hours leading up to their deaths.
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CANTERBURY — Canterbury Police are advising drivers to assess their local conditions if forecast snow arrives in the next day or two.
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ROTORUA — At about 6.00 pm on 4 June the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) in Wellington became aware that an emergency beacon was active in the Rotorua city area.
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Police have completed a preliminary investigation into a complaint made by ACC about a meeting between Ms Bronwyn Pullar, Ms Michelle Boag and ACC officials on 1 December 2011.
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ARREST IN SIX MONTH MURDER INVESTIGATION: Waitakere Police have made a significant break through in Operation Hope with the arrest today of a 27 year old Waitakere man for murder.
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Police Commissioner Peter Marshall has commended the efforts of frontline Police officers during a grim weekend on the country’s roads.
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A tragedy for both a dead woman's family and the Police officers in whose arms she died is how Waikato Police describe the death of a woman who died while undergoing a breath test in Hamilton overnight.
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Police Commissioner Peter Marshall praised the recipients of Queen’s Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Royal Honours announced today, saying they reflect the extraordinary achievements and service made by many New Zealanders, including police staff.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Police have released the names of the four men who died in a crash near Putorino in northern Hawke's Bay on Friday night. All four lived in the area.
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WAIKATO — Due to heavy fog, Waikato Police are asking motoristist to take extra care when travelling through the Waikato region.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police have commenced an investigation into the death of a woman who was undergoing an evidential breath test procedure in a Booze Bus late on 3 June 2012.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Police believe alcohol was a factor in a crash last night that claimed the lives of four men from northern Hawke's Bay.
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Alcohol is thought to have been a significant factor in this weekend’s holiday road toll.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police have this afternoon arrested and charged a Maupuia man in connection to an alleged indecent assault of a woman in the Eastern Suburbs yesterday afternoon.
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AUCKLAND CITY — 43 arrests have been made by Police as a result of protest activity in down town Auckland this afternoon. The activity included a sit down protest on Symonds Street in the central business district soon after 3pm necessitating traffic diversions to ensure the safety of the protesters and alternate vehicle access for motorists. The road was cleared and opened by 5pm.
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ROTORUA — Rotorua Police are looking for 14 year old Nikita Robson, missing since Tuesday of last week.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Manurewa Police and the New Zealand Banker's Association are warning householders about a recent spate of thefts of handbags from homes.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police are investigating a further indecent assault which occurred in the Eastern Suburbs earlier this afternoon.
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ROTORUA — Rotorua Police have arrested two teenagers in connection to the aggravated robbery of the Gull Service Station in Rotorua last Friday.
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Police have today arrested an unemployed 46 year old man and charged him with the arson of a bach in the St Arnaud area on 6 May 2012 and the arson of two baches and a stand alone garage in the Marlborough Sounds on 13 May 2012.
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Police have released further photographs of the jacket and backpack worn by Dagmar (Dasha) Pytlickova in an effort to prompt more information about her movements last Saturday.
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CANTERBURY — Police expect to resume the search for a missing helicopter pilot at Lake Sumner, North Canterbury, next week.
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New Zealand Police have appointed Stephen Crombie as Chief Information Officer.
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Police are reminding drivers to take extra care and make this holiday weekend one to remember for all the right reasons.
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HAMILTON — Waikato Police are crediting media coverage for a convicted child sex offender who had breached supervision conditions for giving himself up in Hamilton early this morning.
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WAIKATO — Waikato Police are warning the public not to approach a convicted child sex offender who has breached supervision and is believed to be on the run in their District.
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Police have gained further information about the movements of Dagmar (Dasha) Pytlickova on the afternoon she encountered Jason Frandi.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Police have arrested a further six people today in relation to an ongoing investigation targeting an alleged methamphetamine supply and manufacturing syndicate.
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