29th June 2026 Police / Taranaki MaungaPolice are crediting a personal locator beacon (PLB) with helping save an injured climber on Taranaki Maunga after a challenging five-hour rescue operation on Sunday.
21st May 2026 PoliceA visiting UK national has pleaded guilty to fraud offences after an Auckland couple was scammed out of $27,000 through a bogus painting business.
28th April 2026 LandSAR / PoliceEmergency services have tested their response to a mass-casualty maritime incident in the Bay of Islands.
13th April 2026 Police / RescueTwo climbers stranded for three nights near Sabre Peak in Fiordland National Park have been rescued.
30th March 2026 Police / Royal CaribbeanPolice are investigating the death of a passenger aboard Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas.
24th February 2026 Police / Taranaki MaungaFive climbers have been safely rescued off Mount Taranaki following a significant search and rescue operation and poor weather hampering efforts.
2nd February 2026 Mt Maunganui / PoliceThe police have officially stood down all recovery operations at Mauao Mount Maunganui following the fatal landslide that took the lives of six people.
30th January 2026 Holiday Parks / PoliceMåns Loke Bernhardsson was aged 20 when he was killed along with five others by a large slip that fell on to Mount Maunganui’s Beachside Holiday Park last Thursday 22 January.
27th January 2026 Holiday Parks / PolicePolice say the search for the victims of the Mauao, Mount Maunganui could take days of not weeks.
16th December 2025 Police / SARPolice Search and Rescue have recovered the bodies of two people from Fiordland National Park.
26th November 2025 Aoraki Mt Cook / PoliceThe bodies of Wānaka-based mountain guide Thomas Vialletet and an American client have been recovered from Aoraki Mt Cook.
25th November 2025 Aoraki Mt Cook / PoliceThe pair were part of a group of four climbing the mountain on Tuesday.
