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A Wellington Free Ambulance was broken into overnight in Lower Hutt while paramedics responded to a medical incident.

Opportunistic thieves have stolen drugs and vital equipment from Wellington Free Ambulance (WFA), leaving the service pleading for help.
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Thousands of unwanted Christmas gifts have already been listed online, but police are warning if you're going to sell unwanted items, make sure you do so safely.

As stated by National Manager Prevention Superintendent Eric Tibbott At Christmas time, we can sometimes receive an unwanted gift, spend too much, and

As stated by National Manager Prevention Superintendent Eric Tibbott: With Christmas and the summer break coming up, make sure your home and property

Figures obtained by RNZ have revealed New Zealand police used spit hoods on 117 children and young people between 2016 and 2020.

Don’t touch, leave the area and call 111. That’s the advice NZ Police and the NZ Defence Force (NZDF) give to anyone who discovers any potential unexploded ordnance. Between 2019 and 2020, NZDF’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit responded to 164 domestic callouts. In one recent callout, ordnance found by a member of the public was transported to another location, prompting the evacuation of nearby properties and the lockdown of a local school. “While we acknowledge the good intent...

Police director of community partnerships and prevention Eric Tibbott said if anyone found what could be a dangerous item, for example an old grenade, artillery shell or mortar, the find needed to be called in straight away. “Better to call in a false alarm than potentially have one of these old devices explode and cause harm,” Tibbott said. A Defence Force spokesperson said its EOD unit would go to anywhere in New Zealand – no matter the day or time – to assess, remove, or destroy a...

Don’t touch, leave the area and call 111. That’s the advice NZ Police and the NZ Defence Force (NZDF) give to anyone who discovers any potential unexploded ordnance. Between 2019 and 2020, NZDF’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit responded to 164 domestic callouts. In one recent callout, ordnance found by a member of the public was transported to another location, prompting the evacuation of nearby properties and the lockdown of a local school. “While we acknowledge the good intent...

123RF Meat, beauty products and power tools are the three most shoplifted items in Christchurch. Electronics are popular with thieves too. Shoplifters donning elaborate disguises and sophisticated crime rings stealing to order are just some daily crime struggles faced by Christchurch retailers. When a shoplifter disguised as a butcher recently stole meat from a Christchurch supermarket and, later the same day, donned a wig to steal electronics, nearby retailers shared the persons movements via...