Police acknowledge and accept the findings of the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) into the deployment of tasers by three officers in Wellington in January 2025.

On 9 January, Police were responding to an urgent family harm incident on Cockayne Road, Wellington, where a man with a weapon was chasing a woman holding a baby in the street.

Acting Wellington District Commander Inspector Nick Thom says officers involved assessed the situation and responded accordingly, to ensure the safety of the public.

Three people have been arrested and charged following an investigation into the unlawful sale of cannabis in the Canterbury area.

Today, Police executed a search warrant in the Middleton, Christchurch area after an investigation found that a group of individuals, operating under the guise of a medicinal cannabis licence cultivated cannabis legally, however were allegedly engaged in the illegal distribution of cannabis.

It is alleged the individuals have acted as part of an organised criminal group over the period of around five years.

Please attribute to Inspector Simon Walker, Waitematā West Area Commander:

Police enquiries are underway after a man was located with serious injuries in Henderson this afternoon.

Police were called to Edsel Street at 2.40pm.

The victim has been taken to Auckland City Hospital and is in a serious but stable condition.

Police are currently in the Henderson area making enquiries to locate the offender involved.

I’d like to reassure the Henderson community that it’s believed the offender and victim are both known to each other.

Police can now confirm one person has sadly died following a two-truck collision on State Highway 2, near Maramarua earlier today.

Emergency services were called to the scene around 11.42am.

One other person was treated for minor injuries. 

State Highway 2 remains closed between Monument Road and Heaven Road with diversions in place.

The Serious Crash Unit are examining the scene and enquiries into the circumstances are underway.

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Police are continuing to search for a man wanted in relation to a Pahiatua woman’s death last month.

On the afternoon of 15 October, Karen Gilbert-Palmer, 74, was found deceased at her Arthur Street home by a friend who had been unable to contact her. A homicide investigation was launched, and 52-year-old Jeremy Robertson was identified as a suspect.

Hakyung Lee has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 17 years, after she murdered her two young children in 2018.

Auckland Central Police are seeking a man in connection with an alleged indecent assault at the weekend.

Police have obtained a warrant to arrest 34-year-old Graeme Dylan Shuter over offending that occurred on the morning of 22 November.

Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Friend, Auckland Central Area Investigations Manager, says two women were approached in a short space of time on Mayoral Drive.

“At around 9.20am, the first victim was approached by Shuter, and he allegedly attempt to grab her and subject her to an indecent assault.

Police investigating the death of Jock Grant Davies, who died in a hunting incident near Lords River, Stewart Island, have arrested one person.

A 39-year-old Ashburton man is to appear in the Invercargill District Court on 16 December 2025 on a charge of careless use of a firearm causing death.

Police were notified of the hunting incident around midday Saturday 5 July. A Search and Rescue team was deployed to the island via helicopter, and located the man deceased.

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Emergency services are attending a serious crash in Glen Innes this afternoon.

Just after 4pm, Police were advised of the crash on Apirana Avenue involving a car and motorbike.

The motorbike rider has sustained serious injuries in the crash and will be transported to hospital.

Apirana Avenue has been closed between the intersections with Taniwha Street and Eastview Road.

Police expect this will cause some disruption in the area with diversions in place.

We ask motorists to take alternative routes if possible.