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Motorbike Riders Obey Law
A joint-agency motorbike crackdown in the Coromandel today found most riders were complying with the law. The police, ACC, the Thames Coromandel District Council,...
Mobile Ban Ignored
Waiting to cross traffic lights this morning (at one of those frustrating complicated T intersections where you wait for ever), I was amazed how many passing motorists...
Man In Train Death Named
TE KUITI: Accident happened here The name of a man killed when struck by a train on the Main Trunk Line in Te Kuiti early Sunday morning has been released. He was...
Recidivist Drink Drivers Caught Again
Another drink driving crackdown in South Auckland over the weekend so piles of people caught once again -many of them recidivist drink drivers. Police stopped more...
Fatal Microlight Crash
A 56 year old man died at the scene of a microlight crash at Tauranga Airport this morning. Acting Area Commander, Inspector Karl Wright-St Clair says the microlight...
Greenpeace Protest Angers Police
Police are furious at the actions of Greenpeace protestors in Auckland today and plan to lay charges. Police who attended the incident today are concerned that the...
Serious Wgtn Cycle Accident
Wellington Police are seeking witnesses to a serious injury crash that occurred on Sunday morning, between a cyclist and two pedestrians, which left one unconscious. Sergeant...
Onehunga Chase: Govt Message
Transport minister Steven Joyce today reminded the country’s young drivers of the consequences of trying to evade the law. He was speaking at the opening of...
Joyce Reveals Driving Record
Transport minister Steven Joyce today admitted he has had 2 convictions for careless driving in the late 80s. Initially in parliament today, during the reading of...
17 Yr Girl On 3 Taxi Assault Charges
A 17 year old girl has been accused of causing 3 serious attacks on Wellington Combined taxi drivers. She faces charges including aggravated robbery, robbery and...
Supermarket Caught In Alcohol Blitz
A unnamed major South Auckland supermarket has been caught in a police blitz on alcohol sales on Friday night, as part of a wide police alcohol operation. A big...
Drunk Teenagers Behaving Badly Again
What is it with Waikato teenagers? Waikato Police were horrified when they arrived at a crash scene at Waverly Rd outside Hamilton last night to find a crash similar...
Police Had Stopped Crash Car Earlier
It’s now been revealed that the driver of a car involved in a triple fatality crash on SH2 at Maramarua on Tuesday night had been stopped by police earlier...
New Trend: Drunk Mum Drivers
Two mothers were apprehended by Western Bay of Plenty Police staff while driving drunk on Tauranga roads over the weekend. The first woman, a 49 year old Papamoa...
Drunk Teen Clocked At 177k
A drunk 18-year-old has been nabbed driving a Nissan Sylvia motor vehicle at 177 kmph southbound from Tristram Avenue. It’s the latest example of an Aucklander...
The Cars Most Stolen
The Nissan Silvia is the country’s most frequently stolen car. The Nissan Skyline and various models of Subaru remain also extremely popular for thieves. New...
Police Upset At Fatal Chase
Christchurch police say they’re devastated by a crash in Christchurch tonight in which 2 elderly people died when a speeding car driven by a disqualified driver...
Man Hit By Train, Dies
Sadly during this, rail safety week, comes news a man has been hit by a train and died. The incident happened near Blenheim. Police say that at about 3.25 this morning,...
70 Caught @ West Auck Checkpoint
70 drivers were caught with excess blood alcohol during a weekend checkpoint in Waitakere but no drug impaired drivers were detected. There were 11 checkpoints at...
Road Chaos Ahead
What happens when motorists discover speed cameras get switched off? No surprise in the answer. In Oxfordshire in the UK fixed speed cameras were deactivated...
19 Yr Old Way Over Limit
Young drivers are still not getting the message about drink driving. In Tauranga, a 19 yr old Tauranga man was spotted travelling last night at 115 km/h on a city...
Drivers Fogged In Head
What is with drivers and fog? I drove to Coromandel early this morning and it was especially thick fog on the Hauraki Plains with very limited visibility. Drivers...
‘Steal A Road Cone’ Day
Police are unimpressed with a Facebook page encouraging people to “steal a road cone” tomorrow. Superintendent Kelvin Powell, Acting National Manager...
19 Year Old Clocked Today At 200k
Officers of an Auckland Motorway Patrol Unit were left speechless early this morning when a BMW car passed by their stationary position on the Northern Motorway...
Council Takes On Prolific Tagger
Auckland City Council has filed a civil action in Auckland District Court against a certain prolific graffiti vandal aged 21 and wants him to cough up $33,000 in...
