Please attribute to Detective Inspector Stu Harvey:

Police are now able to release the name of the motorcyclist who died after a crash on Clyde Street, Invercargill last night. 

He was Whetu Taylor, 41, from Invercargill. 

Police extend our thoughts and sympathies to his family and loved ones.

Police are investigating on behalf of the Coroner, and enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

ENDS

Issued by Police Media Centre 
 

An alleged bakery burglar’s plan failed to rise after he was caught in the act in Northcote yesterday.

Just gone 4pm, Waitematā Police received a report of burglary from a store on Pearn Crescent.

Inspector Aron McKeown, Waitematā East Area Commander says the alleged offender had been observed by the bakery’s owner, who was watching via CCTV.

“A Police unit was dispatched and arrived just minutes later.

“A constable approached the rear of the building and heard rustling behind an enclosed area.”