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• Police Commissioner Demands Urgent Inquiry Into Slumping Recruit Numbers

  Published: Apr 25, 2026

  Section: Politics

  New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers has launched an inquiry after Police College enrollment numbers dipped significantly, potentially stalling a major government front...

• Kaitaia Police Staffer Admits to Deceiving Force in $29,000 Timesheet Fraud

  Published: Apr 24, 2026

  Section: Crime

  A Northland police staffer has been convicted of obtaining by deception after a year-long scheme in which he claimed nearly $30,000 for shifts he never worked. Riki Toby, a 32-year...

• Police Link Fatal Crash to Homicide Investigation Following Ruapehu House Fire

  Published: Apr 23, 2026

  Section: Crime

  New Zealand Police have launched a formal homicide investigation after 62-year-old John Alan Seymour was found dead in the remains of his fire-ravaged home in Rangataua. In a drama...

• Police Seize Vehicle and Arrest Teenager in Major Taupō Dirt Bike Crackdown

  Published: Apr 20, 2026

  Section: Crime

  An 18-year-old male has been arrested and his motorcycle seized following a targeted police operation against dangerous dirt bike riding in Taupō. The arrest comes as part of a wid...

• Blenheim Man Sentenced to Home Detention After Violent Nelson Cemetery Rampage

  Published: Apr 18, 2026

  Section: Crime

  A 28-year-old Blenheim man, Anthony Archbold, has been sentenced in the Nelson District Court following a bizarre and violent incident at Marsden Cemetery. On the afternoon of Janu...

• Rimutaka Prison Corruption: Corrections Officer Sentenced Following "Sex for Contraband" Scandal

  Published: Apr 15, 2026

  Section: Crime

  A former Corrections officer has been sentenced to nine months’ home detention after a police investigation revealed he smuggled drugs and alcohol into Wellington’s Rimutaka Prison...

• Patched gang member arrested after Huntly shootout

  Published: Apr 6, 2026

  Section: Crime

  New Zealand Police have arrested a 54-year-old patched gang member following a violent firearms exchange in Huntly on April 2, 2026. The suspect faces charges of discharging a fire...

• Name Suppression Lapses for Former Media Executive Convicted of Underage Sex Charges

  Published: Apr 3, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Gregory Rex Hornblow, the former chief executive of OneRoof, can now be named following the lapse of his name suppression. Hornblow, 60, was sentenced in March 2026 to 10 months of...