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    • Fatal crash: Miramar
      • Location: Wellington One person has died following a crash involving a car and a pedestrian on Mapuia Road on Friday 30 January. Police were notified of the crash around 4.40pm, on a private driveway. Sadly, the victim passed away yesterday from their injuries. Police continue to investigate the circumstances of the crash. ENDS Issued by Police Media Centre

    • Names released – helicopter crash, Paekākāriki Hill area
      • Location: Wellington Police can now release the names of the two people who died in the helicopter crash near Paekākāriki Hill on 28 January. They were Cole Christopher Ritchie, 25, from Wharepapa South, and Joseph Mark Keeley, 54, from Tauhara. On Thursday Police completed a scene examination at the site of Wednesday’s fatal helicopter crash, Kāpiti Mana Area Commander Inspector Renée Perkins says. The wreckage was removed on Friday.

    • Update: Helicopter crash, Paekākāriki Hill area
      • Location: Wellington Attribute to Kāpiti-Mana Area Commander, Inspector Renée Perkins: A significant recovery operation took place yesterday to recover both the pilot and passenger from the crash site. Police are working to formally confirm the identity of those who were recovered but are unable to do so at this stage of the investigation. Our thoughts remain with their families and friends at this time. Civil Aviation Authority investigators have completed their preliminary scene examination.

    • Update: Two people killed in helicopter crash, Paekākāriki Hill area
      • Location: Wellington Attribute to Kāpiti-Mana Area Commander, Inspector Renée Perkins: Two people have died in a helicopter crash north of Wellington this morning. Police were notified to the crash in the Paekākāriki Hill area at about 7.30am. Tragically, both the pilot and the sole passenger were located deceased following the crash. Our thoughts are with their families at this time. Work is ongoing to recover the deceased and to examine the crash scene, which will be done in conjunction with investigators from the Civil Aviation Authority.

    • Helicopter crash, Paekākāriki Hill area
      • Location: Wellington Emergency services are responding to a helicopter crash in the Paekākāriki Hill area. Police were notified at 7.30am via activation of an automated crash alert. Maritime NZ’s Rescue Coordination Centre is coordinating the search efforts. At this stage there is no further information available but an update will be provided as soon as we are able. ENDS Issued by Police Media Centre.

    • Police appeal for information after spate of robberies, Hutt Valley
      • Location: Wellington Hutt Valley Police investigating a spate of commercial robberies are seeking information from the public, specifically the clothing worn by the offenders. On Saturday 10 January, Police were notified of an incident at a bar in King Street at around 1.30am. Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Todd says two people unlawfully entered the premises with weapons and threatened employees. "Thankfully the employees were uninjured, but this incident has understandably left them shaken. Images(s):

    • Gang funeral, Masterton
      • Location: Wellington Attributable to Inspector Simon De Wit, Acting Wairarapa Area Commander: Police will maintain a highly visible presence in Masterton on Friday in response to a gang-related funeral scheduled to occur in the area. We anticipate an influx of gang members travelling into Masterton from across the Wairarapa and other regions to attend the event.

    • Three in custody, one outstanding offender in Churton Park assaults
      • Location: Wellington Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Leitch: Police investigating serious assaults in Churton Park can confirm a further two offenders have been taken into custody. A 21-year-old man will appear in the Wellington District Court on 22 January and a 17-year-old man will appear in the Wellington Youth Court on 27 January. They jointly face wounding, assault to injure and common assault charges.

    • Man arrested following family harm incident, Wairarapa
      • Location: Wellington A 25-year-old man has been arrested following a family harm incident in Masterton on Thursday. Police were called to the River Road address at around 5pm. Detective Inspector Jamie Woods says upon arrival, a female was located unconscious and bleeding. She was transported to Wellington Hospital in a serious condition. “The 25-year-old is due to appear in the Masterton District Court today (16 January) charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

    • Appeal for information following serious assault, Churton Park
      • Location: Wellington Attributable to Acting Detective Sergeant Laura Murdoch: Wellington Police investigating a number of serious assaults in Churton Park are appealing for information that may assist us in identifying the men pictured, as we believe they may be able to assist our investigation. On Saturday 13 December 2025, Police were called to a premises in Churton Park where a gathering was taking place. Images(s):

    • Information sought following aggravated robberies
      • Location: Wellington Police are appealing to the public for information following a spate of robberies in the Hutt Valley. About 1.30am on Saturday 10 January, Police were notified of an incident at a bar in King Street, Upper Hutt. Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Todd, of Hutt Valley Police, says two people brandishing weapons approached bar staff. “Thankfully, staff were uninjured, but this incident was understandably unsettling for everyone involved. Images(s):

    • Arrests after $4 million drug seizure in Wairarapa
      • Location: Wellington Wairarapa Police have seized more than $4 million of the stupefying drug Fantasy following a tip off from the public. On Monday night, Police located and seized 820 litres of gamma butyrolactone (GBL) from a storage container after being alerted by members of the public of suspicious behaviour at a storage facility in Wairapapa. The drugs have an estimated street value of $4.1 million and enough quantity for over 500,000 individual doses. Images(s):

    • An unwelcome Christmas gift for anti-social road users
      • Location: Wellington Wellington Police have disrupted multiple planned anti-social road user gatherings overnight. Hutt Valley Area Commander Inspector Wade Jennings says checkpoints and a visible Police presence at key locations stopped the convoy of vehicles from setting themselves up. Operation Kereru focused on 200 vehicles coming from areas such as Whanganui, Levin, and Palmerston North, with the intent of descending on the Wellington area to carry out dangerous driving activities.

    • Adventure ends in rescue and with a warning to pack PLBs
      • Location: Wellington A sliver of cell phone reception led to the rescue of three young men, after they endured a cold and wet night stranded in a gorge. Wellington District Search and Rescue coordinator Sergeant Jonathan Westrupp says the trio intended to float down the Hutt River in the Kaitoke Regional Park, but their planning was flawed. “They set off late in the day on Monday to traverse the river on inner tubes but were wearing only light clothing and soon found themselves in a dangerous situation with darkness descending and impassible cliffs on both sides of the river. Images(s):

    • Police arrest one, seek witnesses to Wellington city bar stabbing
      • Location: Wellington Attributable to Detective Sergeant Graeme Muir, Wellington Criminal Investigation Branch: Police have arrested one person while investigating a recent stabbing at an Allen Street bar in Wellington. A 34-year-old woman has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and will appear at the Wellington District Court on Monday 22 December. What we know is around 1:30am on Saturday 13 December, Police were called to the Ace of Spades bar following reports a man had been stabbed.

    • Drugged driver taken off the road after roadside test
      • Location: Wellington The new oral fluid screening testing has netted its first result after a man tested positive for methamphetamine at a checkpoint in Wellington. People who have consumed impairing drugs should simply not be on our roads, says Superintendent Steve Greally, Director of Road Policing. “We make no apology for screening drivers to see if they've recently used drugs, and getting a drugged driver off our roads makes them safer.” A 40-year-old man, who had his young daughter in the car, was asked to pull into a checkpoint on Hutt Road last night just before 9pm.

    • Police seize illicit vapes, drugs, guns and Ferraris
      • Location: Wellington Police investigating the ill-gained proceeds of a criminal’s drug-selling activities across the North Island have this week seized expensive vehicles, cash, guns, drugs and thousands of banned-substance vapes in Wellington and Auckland. Police targeting the illicit sale of methamphetamine found not only meth, but thousands of illicit vape products believed to contain the banned Class C1 substance, Etomidate. Images(s):

    • Hutt Valley Police continue to investigate serious assault
      • Location: Wellington Hutt Valley Police are continuing to investigate a serious assault that left a person with critical injuries. At around 5am on Wednesday 10 December, Police received reports of an assault at an address on Trinity Avenue, Epuni. Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Cusin says Police continue to explore multiple avenues of enquiry and are asking the public for their help.

    • Fatality following water-related incident, Titahi Bay
      • Location: Wellington One person has died following a water-related incident in Titahi Bay on Sunday. Police were called to Bay Drive at around 2:15pm, following reports of a person being pulled from the water unresponsive. Despite the best efforts of those on the scene, the person died a short time later. The death will be referred to the Coroner. ENDS Issued by Police Media Centre

    • Police acknowledge sentencing in sexual offences case
      • Location: Wellington Attributable to Detective David Payne: Police acknowledge the sentencing yesterday of a former Wellington medical professional in relation to sexual offences. Jared Cook was sentenced yesterday in the Wellington District Court to 10 months home detention after pleading guilty to charges of indecent acts on boys aged 12-16 years, making intimate visual recordings and possessing objectionable material.

    • Appeal for information following bar stabbing, Wellington
      • Location: Wellington Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Leitch, Wellington Area Investigations Manager: Police are investigating a stabbing at an Allen Street bar in Wellington in the early hours of Saturday morning. At around 1:30am on Saturday, Police were called to the Ace of Spades bar following reports a man had been stabbed. The stabbing allegedly occurred during an altercation involving a small number of patrons.

    • Waikanae homicide: Police make six arrests and appeal for information
      • Location: Wellington Police investigating the death of a man in Waikanae are asking the public for information and vehicle sightings. Police have now charged five gang associates with murder, and one with being an accessory, in the ongoing homicide investigation in Waikanae. Detective Inspector Jamie Woods, Field Crime Manager, says Police are resolute in holding all those who were responsible for the death of Michael Tofts to account. Mr Tofts died at an address in Kakariki Grove, Waikanae on Wednesday 19 November. Images(s):

    • Police win long-running effort to seize drug supplier’s assets
      • Location: Wellington Wayne Namana lived the high life profiting from the drugs he pushed into the community, but a judge has brought his party to a close. Yesterday (12 December), Justice Dale La Hood granted a profit forfeiture order against Namana totalling $653,000 – the amount Police calculated as the unlawful benefit he received from his offending. The order was made under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act and is the result of a long-running investigation by Police’s Asset Recovery Unit. Images(s):

    • Drug testing starts in Wellington on Monday - here's what you need to know
      • Location: Wellington From Monday 15 December 2025, Police will be able to screen drivers for the presence of impairing drugs in the Wellington District – the first-time testing of this kind will be conducted on New Zealand roads. Superintendent Steve Greally, Director of Road Policing says with the addition of this new tool it enables Police to detect and deter drug drivers off the road.

    • Hutt Valley Police appeal for information after robbery
      • Location: Wellington Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Todd: Hutt Valley Police investigating the armed robbery of an Upper Hutt bar are seeking help from the public. Police received a call just after midnight this morning reporting that a masked offender brandishing a firearm approached bar staff at Quinns Post bar on Ward Street and demanded cash. The offender then fled on foot along Ward Street towards Heretaunga College. Bar staff involved were shaken, but not injured, and are being provided Victim Support. There were no patrons in the bar at the time.

    • Police urge kayakers to take care on the water
      • Location: Wellington Police are reminding kayakers to follow six simple steps before taking to the water this summer. The Police Maritime Unit deployed in Lady Elizabeth IV recently to search for a man who ditched his failing kayak and swam to shore. Officer in charge of the Wellington Marine Rescue Centre, Senior Sergeant Craig Pickering says his team is pleased the kayaker is safe and it's a good reminder that water safety really matters:

    • Three arrested on supply of illicit drugs operation
      • Location: Wellington Three men have been charged with selling cannabis and possession of cannabis for supply, following an operation targeting the supply of illicit drugs in Masterton. The men – aged 21, 22 and 43 – were arrested on Tuesday 2 December after the execution of a search warrant at a residential Masterton address. During the search warrant, Police located 273.6 grams of cannabis, packaged and ready for sale, along with various items used in the sale and supply of illicit drugs. Images(s):

    • Fatal crash, Lower Hutt
      • Location: Wellington Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in Lower Hutt this morning. The single-vehicle crash on Rutherford Street was reported at about 5.30am. Rutherford Street is still closed but the Melling Bridge has now reopened. Enquiries to determine the circumstances of the crash are ongoing. ENDS Issued by Police Media Centre

    • Police appeal for information following Wellington stabbing
      • Location: Wellington Wellington Police are appealing for information following the stabbing of a young man in Te Aro, Wellington, on Sunday morning. Police were called to the serious incident about 4:10am, in a carpark between Wakefield Street and Tory Street. The victim sustained multiple stab wounds to the arm and the back. He was taken to hospital and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. The man remains in hospital in a stable condition. Wellington Area Investigations Manager Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Leitch says the man is lucky to not have died.

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