District Command Centre News Today

State Highway 1 has reopened after a logging truck rolled in Taupō and caused a partial blockage. Emergency services were called to the incident on Lake...

​​​​​​​A senior police tactical operator says AOS members were in despair on the day of the Christchurch terror attack when ambulances weren't...

Dramatic recordings of police radio communications as the mosque attacks unfolded capture officers scrambling to respond have been played in the inquest into the shootings.

By Danielle Clent of RNZ Dramatic recordings of police radio communications as the mosque attacks unfolded capture officers scrambling to respond to the mass...

A supermarket worker remains critically injured in hospital this morning after being hit by a vehicle that drove through the front window of a Westpac stor

Road closures were among the disruptions caused by wild weather over the weekend.

All southern highways closed by the weekend’s wild weather have now re-opened as the region cleans up from the winter storm.
Overnight, several southern hi

Two gang members with a sawn-off shot gun ammunition and cannabis in their vehicle fled police, drove through spikes and into a hospital car park before being arrested, police say.

Some frontline police have been told to “consider necessity of arrests” in some circumstances because one of the country’s largest prisons is nearly full.


Confusion among frontline staff after arrest directive.