Police can confirm a body has been found during the search for an overdue boat in Northland, which went missing last night with two people onboard.

About 9pm, family members called emergency services to report the 17-foot vessel was two hours overdue. The single-engine runabout had been expected to return to Pataua South at 7pm following a fishing trip.

A search began immediately and ran through till 4am, supported by the Police Eagle helicopter.

One person has died following a single-vehicle crash on Tokerau Beach in the Far North last night.

Police were notified of the crash, where a 4WD has rolled, at around 7:30pm on Friday.

Sadly, one person was located deceased at the scene.

The two other occupants of the vehicle were airlifted to hospital, one in critical condition and the other in moderate condition.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

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Central North Island Police have issued 141 infringements after inspecting 910 vehicles in a targeted and pointed approach on heavy vehicles and trailers.

Operation Triangle was carried out from the 3 November to the 6 November 2025.

The objective is to improve the compliance of drivers and heavy vehicle standards to reduce the risk of crashes on our roads.

Police can now release the name of the man who died in a fatal cycling crash on Kokotau Road, Carterton, on Saturday 8 November.

He was Raymond Allan Putt, 70, of Masterton.

Police extend their sympathies to his loved ones.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

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The first wing to graduate from the RNZPC’s Auckland campus has been congratulated on their achievement and will soon be boosting the frontline in Northland and across Tāmaki Makaurau.

The campus was opened earlier this year to cater for both senior police courses and recruit courses, and the 37 graduates of Wing 390 have successfully led the way for the next wing to start training at the campus in February 2026.

A woman stuck on the rocks at Castor Bay had a lucky scape thanks to a charged mobile phone and quick Police work.

Just after 1.30pm, Police received a call from a woman stating she was trapped on rocks between Castor Bay Beach and Kennedy Park.

Waitematā East Area Response Manager, Senior Sergeant CJ Miles, says a unit arrived quickly, with one officer scaling rocks around the bay until locating the woman.

“She was getting battered by waves and an incoming tide.

Roadside screening for drug-impaired drivers has moved a step closer to becoming reality as Police confirm they have tested, and selected, a detection device.

Police will be rolling out roadside drug driving testing in the Wellington District from mid-December 2025.

Pathtech Pty Ltd, an Australian-based Drug Detection and Life Science provider, was the successful supplier of roadside oral fluid testing equipment, following an extensive global procurement process.

Please attribute to Inspector Martin James, Eastern District Manager – Criminal Investigations:

Police investigating the unexplained death of a Hastings woman last month are now treating her death as a homicide.

Emergency services were called to an address in Kotuku Street, Camberley, on 29 October, where a 37-year-old woman was found deceased.

An investigation immediately commenced to establish how she had died.

We continue to provide support to her family at this extremely difficult time.