A stolen vehicle has landed a teenager in court following a combined effort from Police and the public.

At about 4.45pm on Wednesday, a Whangārei woman reported her vehicle stolen after visiting friends in Dargaville.

Whangārei-Kaipara Area Commander, Inspector Maria Nordstrom, says officers quickly located the stolen car, but the driver fled.

“The vehicle’s driver was quickly identified by officers, and members of the public directed Police to a rural property they believed the youth was at.

“Police attended but the youth had already fled into nearby bush.”

A man is facing charges after police seized over 500kgs of cannabis, during a series of search warrants executed throughout Auckland City West on Thursday 9 October.

Additionally, police located a significant amount of cash, MDMA and Ketamine.

The search warrants were part of Police’s continued effort to crack down on criminals profiting from the sale of drugs and further enquiries into others involved, continues.

Detective Senior Sergeant Anthony Darvill said “During the searches of the properties, significant commercial cannabis grow set-ups were located.

Police have arrested and charged a 19-year-old Gisborne man in relation to a series of death threats made against a Member of Parliament earlier this year.

The threats were received in March 2025 and were directed at the MP over a social media platform.

The man was arrested on Wednesday [8 October] and has been charged with causing harm by posting digital communication, and threatening to kill. He is due to appear in the Gisborne District Court on 15 October.

To be attributed to Detective Sergeant Ben Smith, Blenheim Tactical Crime Unit:

Blenheim Police have made two further arrests today as part of Operation Memento, an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of methamphetamine in the Marlborough region.

Following a search warrant at a Marlborough property today, a 43-year-old woman was arrested and has been charged with supplying methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine for supply.

Police are seeking the public’s help to identify the man pictured in these images.

We believe he may be able to assist us with our enquiries into an aggravated robbery at a dairy on Tington Avenue, Wattle Downs on 12 June.

If this is you, or you know who this man is, please update us online now or call 105.

Please use the reference number 250613/4794.

Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

ENDS.

Holly McKay/NZ Police

Canterbury Police are continuing to investigate the sudden death of a man at a residential address on Eastern Terrace in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Police have now concluded a full forensic scene examination at the property, and the scene has been formally handed back to the family. Officers have completed a number of inquiries and are making very good progress in establishing the facts surrounding the man’s death.

A mountain biker’s extreme training session took a dangerous turn when he became stranded in Northland bush, losing daylight and becoming hypothermic.

Northland Police SAR lead, Detective Sergeant Paul Overton, says the biker had set off from Kerikeri on Saturday.

“He was aiming to push his limits on the Department of Conservation tracks in the Waimamaku Range,” he says.

“Unbeknown to him, he missed a crucial turnoff and underestimated the terrain and weather conditions.”

The alarm was raised by the stranded mountain biker at about 8.30pm that night.

A specialist scene examination is continuing at a property in West Auckland today, following a suspicious fire this morning.

Police arrived at the address in Colwill Road, Massey at about 5.30am to execute two search warrants and upon Police approach one of the properties erupted in fire.

Detective Inspector Albie Alexander, of National Organised Crime Group, says Police believe the house may have been deliberately set on fire.

“It was one of two properties of interest suspected of involvement in manufacturing  drugs. 

Media are invited to the 388 Wally Haumaha – Te Arawa and Ngāti Ngāraranui, ONZM and QSM recruit wing graduation.

Police have confirmed the fatal fire last Thursday morning in Bucklands Beach is now being treated as a double homicide.

Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua, Counties Manukau District Crime Manager, says emergency services attended the home in Murvale Drive at around 2.30am.

“When Police and Fire and Emergency NZ arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames.

“Three people were able to escape the fire, while sadly two people were not, and were found deceased inside the home.”