/rss/news/777 en /news/release/missing-man-thames-located <span class="field-label"> Location: </span> <div class="field field-name-field-news-location field-type-list-text field-label-inline inline"> Waikato </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <p>The man who was last seen at around 7pm last night on Pollen Street, Thames has been located.</p> <p>Police are no longer seeking his whereabouts.</p> <p>ENDS</p> </div> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 01:27:09 +0000 nlnqs3 81321 at /news/release/name-release-fatal-crash-waikoha-road <span class="field-label"> Location: </span> <div class="field field-name-field-news-location field-type-list-text field-label-inline inline"> Waikato </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <p>Police are now in the position to release the name of the man who died following a crash on Waikoha Road on 30 May.</p> <p>He was 30-year-old Shaun Timothy Rich, from Te Pahu.</p> <p>Police extends our condolences to his family and friends during this difficult time.</p> <p>Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.</p> <p>ENDS</p> <p>Issued by Police Media Centre</p> </div> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 02:26:13 +0000 bnjhy3 81303 at /news/release/have-you-seen-travis-police-continue-appeal-sightings <span class="field-label"> Location: </span> <div class="field field-name-field-news-location field-type-list-text field-label-inline inline"> Waikato </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <p>The search for missing 25-year-old Travis Langford remains ongoing, nearly five months after he was last seen.</p> <p>His vehicle was located burnt out on a Tolley Road farm in Ngaroma in January, and his dog was found in a nearby paddock the following day.</p> <p>Police recovered personal items belonging to Travis near his vehicle, and the Eagle helicopter surveyed the area not long after his vehicle was found.</p> </div> <span class="field-label"> Images(s): </span> <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-image field-label-inline inline"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="/sites/default/files/news/%272025-06%27/trav.png" width="550" height="914" alt="Travis Longford. " /> </div> Sat, 07 Jun 2025 01:27:05 +0000 ebld47 81276 at /news/release/man-charged-murder-jayde-gilbert <span class="field-label"> Location: </span> <div class="field field-name-field-news-location field-type-list-text field-label-inline inline"> Waikato </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <p>A 38-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Hamilton woman Jayde Gilbert.</p> </div> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 23:33:02 +0000 rpel50 81266 at /news/release/fatal-crash-karamu-waipa <span class="field-label"> Location: </span> <div class="field field-name-field-news-location field-type-list-text field-label-inline inline"> Waikato </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <p>A man has died after a vehicle he was in left the road and rolled into a paddock at Karamu, Waipa.</p> <p>Emergency services were called at around 7:40am to the single vehicle crash on Waikoha Road.</p> <p>The Serious Crash Unit attended, and the circumstances are being investigated.</p> <p>ENDS</p> <p>Issued by the Police Media Centre.</p> </div> Sat, 31 May 2025 02:46:26 +0000 nlnqs3 81195 at /news/release/man-arrested-and-charged-vehicle-impounded-after-gathering-anti-social-road-users <span class="field-label"> Location: </span> <div class="field field-name-field-news-location field-type-list-text field-label-inline inline"> Waikato </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <p>Attributable to Inspector Jeff Penno, Waikato Road Policing Manager</p> <p>Police have arrested and charged a 20-year-old man following a large gathering of anti-social road users in Hamilton.</p> <p>At around 11pm on Saturday 24 May, Police were called to Airport Road where approximately 300 cars were said to be congregating, with around 20 cars performing skids on the road. The group dispersed when Police arrived.</p> <p>Over the course of the night, Police received multiple reports of other large groups of anti-social road users at other locations around the city and outlying areas.</p> </div> Mon, 26 May 2025 22:09:09 +0000 fljpp1 81157 at /news/release/update-homicide-investigation-hamilton-0 <span class="field-label"> Location: </span> <div class="field field-name-field-news-location field-type-list-text field-label-inline inline"> Waikato </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <p><em>Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Neilson</em></p> <p>Police investigating the death of a 30-year-old woman in Hamilton City are continuing to appeal to those who may have seen the incident to come forward.</p> <p>The woman died after a vehicle drove into a traffic light pole she was standing next to on the corner of Ohaupo Road and Kahikatea Drive on Thursday 15 May.</p> </div> Sun, 18 May 2025 22:56:45 +0000 hse179 81073 at /news/release/update-kopu-road-incident <span class="field-label"> Location: </span> <div class="field field-name-field-news-location field-type-list-text field-label-inline inline"> Waikato </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <p>Kopu Road between Kopu and Thames has reopened, after being closed earlier this morning when a person was found with what appeared to be serious injuries.</p> <p> Police have now established that the person had suffered a medical event.</p> <p> The person has been airlifted to Waikato Hospital and the road has reopened.</p> <p>ENDS</p> <p>Issued by Police Media Centre.聽</p> </div> Thu, 15 May 2025 22:02:15 +0000 rpel50 81053 at /news/release/homicide-investigation-launched-hamilton-1 <span class="field-label"> Location: </span> <div class="field field-name-field-news-location field-type-list-text field-label-inline inline"> Waikato </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <p><em>Attribute to Detective Inspector Matt Cranshaw 鈥� Waikato Field Crime Manager</em></p> <p>A homicide investigation has been launched after the death of a 30 year old woman in Hamilton City this morning.</p> <p>The woman died after a vehicle drove into the power pole she was standing next to on the corner of Ohaupo Road and Kahikatea Drive. It was initially reported that two vehicles were involved, however this is not the case.</p> <p>Enquiries are being conducted to ascertain the circumstances surrounding these events.</p> </div> Thu, 15 May 2025 01:40:04 +0000 hse179 81044 at /news/release/update-atv-crash-karapiro <span class="field-label"> Location: </span> <div class="field field-name-field-news-location field-type-list-text field-label-inline inline"> Waikato </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <p>A man remains in hospital in a critical condition following a fatal ATV crash at a residential property on French Pass Road, Karapiro yesterday.</p> <p>Police can now confirm the person who died was a child.</p> <p>Two other children were also flown to hospital and are now in a stable condition.</p> <p>Police are providing support to the family at the centre of this tragic event.</p> <p>The death will be referred to the Coroner.</p> <p>ENDS</p> <p>Issued by the Police Media Centre<br /> 聽</p> </div> Mon, 12 May 2025 03:59:42 +0000 atei54 81016 at