One person has died following a crash in Westland this morning.

The single vehicle crash on State Highway 6 just north of Kumara was reported at around 5:30am.

The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene.

One lane of the road has since re-opened, the Serious Crash Unit are on scene conducting a scene examination.

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Police can advise that the 13-year-old girl, reported missing on Wednesday afternoon, has been located.

She is safe. Police thank the public for sharing our earlier appeal.

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Attribute to Acting Sergeant Prevention Mike Pouwels:

Hamilton Police have impounded another dirt bike as part of an ongoing enforcement operation to target illegal and dangerous dirt bike behaviour in the city’s neighbourhoods.

Yesterday, Hamilton City Prevention Teams executed a warrant at a property following multiple complaints of driving behaviour in the Bader area.

Complaints related to a red dirt bike being ridden in a dangerous manner, placing pedestrians and other road users at risk, as well as causing a nuisance.

A west Auckland man has been charged in an investigation into alleged offending at a therapy clinic.

Waitematā Police have been investigating alleged offending and made an arrest this month.

Detective Senior Sergeant Ryan Bunting, Waitematā West Area Investigations Manager, says a middle-aged man has been charged with two counts of indecent assault.

He remains before the Auckland District Court, reappearing September.

The first 2026 wing to graduate from the New Zealand Police Auckland campus will be acknowledged and celebrated this Friday 26 June.

They will soon be boosting the frontline with two new constables bound for Northland District and 32 deployed across Tāmaki Makaurau. 

The 32 Auckland-trained graduates will join 21 Porirua-trained graduates from the 396 Chiquita Holden Wing who are also bound for Tāmaki Makaurau. The 396 wing are graduating tomorrow from the Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua.

Far North Police are being met with a wall of silence nearly two months on from a fatal hit and run.

An investigation team has been working to investigate the sequence of events leading up to Jahkani Hamilton suffering fatal injuries, near Kaikohe, on 5 May.

The 18-year-old was found deceased on Ngapipito Road at around 11.10pm, after being knocked off a dirt bike.

An associate of Jahkani was found in the nearby area with serious injuries after also being knocked off a dirt bike.

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers, members of the police executive and wing patron Chiquita Holden will congratulate and acknowledge the 49 graduating constables tomorrow.

New Zealand Police will host the latest dog graduation on Thursday 25 June at 1pm. 

Handlers and their dogs will be acknowledged in front of whānau and friends and members of the New Zealand Police executive.

Graduating from the police patrol dog course are ‘Delta’ teams from Auckland, Christchurch, Central, Southern, Bay of Plenty and Wellington Districts.

Media are invited to attend the prizegiving which starts at 1pm at the Police Dog Training Centre, Dante Road, Trentham. Please arrive at 12.45pm.