Attributable to Inspector Steve Collins, Nelson Bays Area Commander:

Police continue to make enquiries after the death of two people in a serious incident in Tāhunanui, Nelson, last week.

Our examination at the Parkers Road property has been completed. The scene has been blessed and handed back to the owners. 

The post-mortem examinations have also been completed. 

Police continue to gather information, which will be provided to the Coroner. 

We also continue to provide support to the loved ones of those who died.

An investigation continues today into the fatality at the Baldwin Ave level crossing on Wednesday afternoon.

A teenage boy died after being struck by a train before 3.30pm on 9 September.

Police are investigating the death on behalf of the Coroner.

Police are not yet able to release information about the boy that died yesterday.

Police have charged a man following a fire at a historical premises in Kerikeri.

At around 11.40pm on 4 September, emergency services were called to a report of fire at a café on Kerikeri Road, next to the historic Stone Store and Pioneer House.

Detective Senior Sergeant Chris Fouhy, Far North Investigations Manager, says the fire was extinguished by Fire and Emergency New Zealand and there were no reports of injury. 

“The work of the local fire service has prevented the two historic buildings being damaged, however the café itself was significantly damaged.”

A search and rescue operation in the Eastern District brought home a woman and her three children after they encountered difficulties while hiking over the weekend.

Around 5.45pm on Sunday, the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) received a notification from a satellite emergency notification device (SEND), similar to a personal locator beacon (PLB), from within Kaweka Forest Park.

RCCNZ coordinated an operation to find them, supported by Police Search and Rescue (SAR), and Land, Search and Rescue (LandSAR) Hawke’s Bay.

Emergency services are in attendance at an incident at Baldwin Ave train station in Mt Albert.

The incident was reported at 3.28pm.

There is no ongoing risk, but Police ask the public to avoid the station at this time.

ENDS.

Jarred Williamson/NZ Police

Police have made an arrest following a lengthy investigation into a dog attack which killed a woman in Kaihu earlier this year.

Following a six-month investigation, Police have today charged a Kaihu man, the owner of the dogs, with manslaughter.

Emergency services responded to the rural address off State Highway 12 at about 11.25am on 17 February.

Sadly, Mihiata Te Rore had suffered unsurvivable injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Dan Overend:

Police can now name the man who died following a helicopter crash near Eyrewell on 8 September.

He was 47-year-old Karl James West, from Eyrewell.

Our thoughts are with Karl’s family, friends, and loved ones at this difficult time.

The family has requested privacy as they come to terms with their loss, and Police ask that this request be respected.

Police will not be commenting on the cause of the crash. The Civil Aviation Authority is leading enquiries into that aspect of the investigation.

A driver allegedly nearly three times the legal limit will now face court after officers spotted him slumped over the wheel in Papatoetoe.

At about 1am on Tuesday, a Police unit noticed a Mini Cooper parked on Shirley Road with the driver leaning over the steering wheel.

Acting Senior Sergeant Joanna Hunkin, Acting Counties Manukau West Area Response Manager, says officers roused the man; however, he refused to open the car door and drove off.

“The unit pursued the vehicle at low speed before they were able to box him in about 500 metres up the road.

Please attribute to Acting Superintendent Matt Laurenson, Acting Waitematā District Commander: 

One person has died following a two-vehicle crash in South Head this afternoon.

Initial indications are that a vehicle was seen travelling along Tarawera Road in excess of the speed limit.

Police then came across the vehicle after it crashed at the intersection of South Head Road and Evans Road at around 12.20pm.

One person was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene. 

Police can now confirm the body located in Lake Rotokākahi/Green Lake last Thursday has been identified as Jeremy Palmer Robertson.

Officers have undertaken various searches in this area since a vehicle he was believed to be driving was located in the lake’s carpark on 16 October last year.

Robertson had been sought in relation to the murder of his mother, Karen Gilbert-Palmer, in Pahiatua on 15 October.

“We can confirm that no other people are sought in relation to Karen’s murder,” says Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Thompson.