Emergency services are attending a serious crash on West Coast Road, Glen Eden.

A two-vehicle crash was reported at 7am, near the intersection of Rosier Road.

At this stage one person is in a serious condition, with two others receiving moderate to minor injuries.

West Coast Road has been closed between Rosier and Sunvue Roads.

Police are advising motorists to use alternate routes as road closures may be in place for some time.

The Serious Crash Unit is in attendance and an investigation will be carried out to determine the cause of the crash.

It’s by good fortune only that Police are not advising the public of a serious or fatal crash in rural Auckland overnight.

Instead, an allegedly intoxicated man will face the Pukekohe District Court on a raft of charges after he crashed his van in Runciman.

At around 12.43am, Police responded to a crash on Runciman, in southern Auckland.

“A Mitsubishi van and trailer had jackknifed, completely blocking Runciman Road,” Counties Manukau South Area Prevention Manager, Inspector Matt Hoyes says.

A man is before the courts after the use of a laser in a dangerous manner, directed at two commercial aircrafts in Wellington on Saturday evening.

At around 6.45pm, Police received a report from Air Traffic Control that a plane preparing to land at Wellington Airport was targeted by a laser.

Within five minutes, a second plane reported a laser being pointed in its direction.

The information provided to Police suggested the laser came from Stokes Valley.

Canterbury Police are investigating a sudden death on Horotane Valley Road, Heathcote Valley on Friday 19 September.

The death is not believed to be suspicious.

As part of our efforts, we are looking to identify the deceased.

The deceased is thought to be a man in his 30s or 40s, with a distinctive birthmark on his left forearm. When located he was wearing a black long sleeve woollen jersey, black trousers and brown and grey tramping boots. Police also located backpack with him.

Police can now confirm one person has died following a serious crash in Whanganui East this morning.

The single vehicle crash was reported at around 9.50am on State Highway 4/Anzac Parade.

Sadly, the sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene despite the efforts of emergency services.

State Highway 4 has since re-opened.

Support is being provided to those involved.

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An early morning arrest landed a 30-year-old man in custody with a number of new offences on his charge sheet. 

Waitematā Police located the offender hiding under a vehicle in Don McKinnon Drive at around 1.45am on Friday 19 September.

Acting Inspector Tim Williams says the man of no fixed abode was breaching his conditions of bail and arrested.

A five-month operation has culminated in 11 arrests and the recovery of an illicit stash of firearms and drugs, along with nearly NZ$1 million in cash in Auckland this week.

Operation Mexted, a joint investigation run by the National Organised Crime Group (NOCG) and New Zealand Customs, has been targeting a transnational organised criminal cell  involved in the smuggling of controlled drugs into New Zealand.

It’s the 29th such cell shut down in New Zealand since 2016.

Police acknowledge the sentencing of six Mongrel Mob members for a range of violent offending in Southland in 2022.

The sentences handed down in the High Court at Christchurch yesterday range from three years and four months, to six years, in prison.

“The sentencing of all six offenders sends a clear message to organised crime groups that behaviour like this will not be tolerated in our community,” says Area Commander Southland, Inspector Mike Bowman.

“Those who choose to offend in this way, causing this type of harm, can expect to be held accountable.”