News from around Taranaki
Police seized more than 200 kilograms of methamphetamine and arrested two people as part of a major drug operation run by the National Organised Crime Group. A search warrant was carried out at an apartment complex in Auckland central last week as part of Operation Essex. Operation Essex has targeted members of an overseas criminal... Continue Reading →
Police have completed a decontamination process in a vehicle in relation to a sudden death at the river near Anzac Parade, Whanganui East, where the vehicle was found submerged in the water. Police were concerned about an unidentifiable box in the car that would have posed a gas risk. It can be confirmed the area... Continue Reading →
Emergency services were at the scene of a serious single-truck crash on State Highway 3, between Wharekauri Road and Mangamaio Road, Mokau this morning. Police were called about 3.50am. One person has died following the crash. The road is closed, and is expected to remain closed for some time. Diversions are in place and motorists... Continue Reading →
A man has died in Police custody following a family harm incident in Hawera. At about 11.30pm on Friday 31 May Police were called to a family harm incident at an address in Hawera. An intoxicated man was arrested for assault and taken to Hawera Police Station. During a routine check the 55-year-old man was... Continue Reading →
It’s New Zealand’s largest youth fundraising event and this year World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine will see more than 2,400 Taranaki students from around 12 schools take on a challenge, or give something up – like food, warm blankets, speaking or technology. And it’s all to provide life-saving aid for South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.... Continue Reading →
Phil Nixon, a South Taranaki dairy farmer turned deputy mayor has put his name forward for the top job and plans to share the younger people's voice if elected in October. Mayor Ross Dunlop, who has served four terms and was unopposed at the 2016 election, announced on Wednesday he was standing down. He hopes... Continue Reading →
Police have met with victim’s families and survivors of the March 15 Christchurch attack to inform them of new charges which have been filed, and update them on the ongoing Police investigation plus the court process to come. A charge of engaging in a Terrorist Act under section 6A of the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002... Continue Reading →
Today South Taranaki District Mayor Ross Dunlop announced that he will not be standing for re-election at the upcoming October Local Authority elections. Mayor Dunlop says he’s put a lot of thought into the decision, and he believes the time is right to stand down. “It’s been an absolute privilege to have represented my community,... Continue Reading →
The group representing 29 of the Pike River Families - the Pike River Family Reference Group - has welcomed the unsealing of the mine at a private family event this morning. https://youtu.be/-qirbzcl2Jo FRG member Anna Osborne lost her husband to the mine explosion in 2010. She says the opening of the drift was an intense... Continue Reading →
