Latest fromEmergency Services
Top cop badly hurt in horror crash
A senior Western Bay of Plenty police officer has been seriously hurt in a horror smash north of Te Puke this morning and a motorcyclist has died following a crash at Mount Maunganui yesterday.
Threat to public considered in pursuit, inquest told
A road policing boss says police did not breach policy by continuing a pursuit during which an innocent Auckland was shot dead.
Field hospital needed for drunken London corporates
A field hospital has been set up in the heart of London's financial district to treat blind-drunk corporate revellers.
Police should have abandoned pursuit, inquest told
A former police superintendent has told an inquest police should have abandoned the pursuit which eventually led to the police motorway shooting of an innocent Auckland courier early last year.
Police breached pursuit policy - IPCA
Multiple breaches of police policy have been found in a pursuit where an officer was hit and seriously wounded by a drug-affected fleeing offender. The IPCA found a pursuing officer ignored two orders to abandon the chase.
Booze suspected in teen's car death
Witnesses to a fatal car crash in Auckland's Mission Bay heard a survivor scream, 'Bro, I told you not to speed'.
Emergency texts to be considered in 111 review
Text messages and the internet may be used to contact emergency services in the future following a Government review of the 111 service.
Youths appear in court for brutal attack on cop
Two youths were remanded in custody when they appeared in Wanganui District Court today after a police officer was brutally attacked with a machete over the weekend.
Attack reignites armed police debate
The Police Minister will meet the Police Commissioner today to discuss a report on whether to give officers easier access to firearms following the brutal machete attack on a policeman on Saturday morning.
Rolling in a ball helped officer survive attack
Bleeding from a broken eye socket and multiple machete slashes, Bruce Mellor curled up into a ball.
Officer 'overwhelmed' by messages of support
A police officer who was brutally attacked with a machete on Saturday morning has been overwhelmed by messages of support from workmates and the public, police say.
<i>Howard Broad:</i> Faulty perceptions cloud issue of police pursuits
Fleeing from police brings little chance of escape but a much higher chance of further charges.
'Substance' shuts Auckland street
Police have blocked off an inner-city Auckland street after a suspicious substance was found in the carpark of a building that houses the US Consular General and other diplomatic offices.
Two workers hurt in electrical explosion
One of the men injured in an electrical explosion in west Auckland today is about to be discharged from hospital, while the other remains in hospital with minor burns to one of his hands.
Two injured in electrical explosion in west Auckland
Two men working on an underground cable have been injured in an electrical explosion in west Auckland, one of them seriously.
Man breaks police officer's nose in ambulance
An injured man broke a police officer's nose as the officer tried to help restrain him in an ambulance.
Hung jury in case against policeman
A jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the case of a police officer accused of covering up the circumstances leading to the death of a man fleeing custody.