Police can release the name of the teenager killed after a crash on a Far North Beach a week ago.

The crash involving a 4WD vehicle was reported on Tokerau Beach on 14 November just before 7.30pm.

Sadly, Samuel James Herdman, 17, of Pukenui died at the scene.

Two other people were injured at the time.

One was airlifted to Starship Hospital in Auckland, with the other transported to Kaitaia Hospital.

Both people have now been discharged from hospital.

Police extend our sympathies to Samuel’s friends and loved ones for their loss.

Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Wescott:

A man has been arrested and charged following unexplained injuries to a baby in Hutt Valley.

Yesterday at around 8am Police were called to an address in Avalon after a report of a disorder.

Upon arrival, officers were made aware of a baby who had allegedly been intentionally injured.

They were transported to hospital by ambulance in a serious condition.

Police is seeking the whereabouts of Dean Shedden, who is wanted to arrest.

A warrant has now been issued for the 56-year-old’s arrest for beaching bail conditions, and not returning to custody.

The remand prisoner was on bail for compassionate grounds after being granted by a court.

On Friday 14 November, Shedden failed to return to custody at Mt Eden Corrections Facility by 5pm in accordance with those bail conditions.

Police have been making enquiries at known addresses through the week to locate Shedden.

It was smiles, not tears, at the departure gate as Police reunited a German tourist with his stolen belongings.

A car break-in earlier this week threatened a sour-end to the tourist’s trip down under.

On 19 November, he reported to the front counter at the Auckland Central Police Base on Federal Street.

“At some point during the previous night the tourist’s rental car parked on Crummer Road, Grey Lynn was broken into,” Inspector Grae Anderson, Auckland Central Area Commander says.

Suspicious behaviour and a van full of equipment led officers on an fruitful discovery in Manurewa earlier this week.

Just after midnight on Tuesday, Police were alerted to a vehicle travelling on Roscommon Road with stolen registration plates.

Counties Manukau Central Area Prevention Manager, Inspector Warrick Adkin, says the plates were originally from a Ford Transit but were observed on a Toyota Hiace.

“Eagle was quickly deployed and within 15 minutes the crew had located the vehicle on Wordsworth Road.”

To be attributed to Detective Mike Godwin, Hawke’s Bay CIB:

Two young people have been arrested following the aggravated robbery of a dairy on Bill Hercock Avenue in Pirimai, Napier at around 6pm on Wednesday.

One of the youths was located and arrested last night. The other was arrested during a search warrant this morning. 

They are scheduled to appear in Napier Youth Court today, charged with aggravated robbery and unlawful taking a motor vehicle.

Three people have been arrested and charged on a range of drug-related offences following a planned operation in Invercargill.

After an intensive investigation into the supply and sale of illicit drugs in the Invercargill area, Southland Police’s Organised Crime Group terminated Operation Mist on 6 and 7 September 2025, preventing “astronomical” harm across Southland.

Police are appealing to the public for information on the whereabouts of Kayci Tapine, 27, who has a warrant for her arrest.

Police believe someone may have information on her whereabouts.

Tapine is known to have connections in the Bay of Plenty, Counties Manukau, and Waikato regions.

Anyone with information is urged to call 111 immediately and quote file number 250208/8621.

Alternatively information can be provided anonymously to Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

Issued by the Police Media Centre.

To be attributed to Detective Inspector Jamie Woods, Field Crime Manager:

A homicide inquiry is ongoing after a man died in Waikanae yesterday afternoon.

Police were called to Kakariki Grove at around 3.15pm yesterday, where a man was located critically injured and subsequently passed away.

Three men – aged 20, 25 and 26 – have been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to the incident that resulted in the man’s injuries. Further charges are currently being considered.

A 41-year-old man has been charged with nine offences after a spate of thefts and burglaries in Feilding.

The offending goes back to 18 September, when the man is alleged to have broken into a vehicle and stolen personal possessions on Willowbank Crescent.

What followed was multiple instances of dishonesty offences around Feilding, including burglaries from commercial and residential premises and the theft of a vehicle and bank cards.