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Police made two attempts to spike a stolen vehicle driving dangerously in Lower Hutt on Friday - but they ended up spiking their own car.⁠ #nz #nzpolice #nzstuff #wellington

Police have launched an investigation into the conduct of two uniformed officers in Auckland after they were filmed dancing on a strippers’ pole.⁠ ⁠ The acting Auckland City District Commander, Acting Superintendent Sunny Patel, said police were made aware of the video, which shows two members who were on duty at the time in June 2024.⁠ ⁠ “An investigation is ongoing into the conduct of our staff. There are very clear guidelines about what is acceptable behaviour while on duty."⁠ ⁠ “While I can’t comment on the specifics of any investigation or employment process, I can advise one of those members left police prior to the video coming to our attention.“⁠ #nzpolice #auckland #nz #nzstuff

Video has emerged online of a near miss involving two logging trucks and another vehicle after a trailer became detached, leaving its contents sprawled all over the road.⁠ ⁠ Dashcam footage showed the trailer of a logging truck detaching before it hit another oncoming logging truck heading in the opposite direction.⁠ ⁠ The trailer then narrowly missed hitting a vehicle that was following from behind, and forced the driver to take evasive action as dozens of logs spilt onto the road.⁠ ⁠⁠ 📹️ Kaden via YouTube #nz #dashcam #nzstuff

A prisoner who escaped from Corrections custody while at Waikato Hospital has been shown on video scaling the side of the building to get out.⁠ ⁠ A manhunt is underway for Damon Anderson after he escaped at Waikato Hospital on Monday afternoon.⁠ ⁠ Spring Hill Corrections Facility General Manager Scott Walker said Anderson “absconded” from staff while visiting the hospital.⁠ ⁠ “While he is not considered an immediate risk to the public, police urge people not to approach him and to report any sightings of him through to police,” a Police statement issued on Tuesday morning said.⁠ ⁠ Corrections would not say if Anderson was still wearing a GPS monitor, nor would it give specific details on the circumstances of his escape.⁠ #waikato #nz #escape #prisonbreak #nznews

A Michael Hill store in Taupō has been targeted by thieves in a brazen smash and grab.⁠ ⁠ A video shared on a Facebook group showed three robbers, masked and armed with metal rods, fleeing the scene on Thursday in a yellow Toyota.⁠ ⁠ The footage also showed the shop’s fog cannons activated, likely triggered by the robbery.⁠ ⁠ The video, captured from a shop across the road, also appeared to show a bystander slashing the tyres of the getaway vehicle.⁠ #taupo #crime #nz #nzstuff

🔴 WARNING: Some viewers may find contents of this video distressing.⁠ ⁠ An SUV has been filmed driving through an intersection in Ōpōtiki and smashing into other vehicles as onlookers scream and run to safety.⁠ ⁠ The video, published on Facebook, showed the driver ramming a parked car before turning around, hitting another, and fleeing the scene.⁠ ⁠ Police said they responded to the incident at the intersection of Church Street and Kelly Street around 11.10pm on Friday night.⁠ ⁠ “A number of people were also seen engaged in a disorder at and outside the bar on the intersection. There were no significant injuries,” a spokesperson said.⁠ #nz #crime #nzstuff

A police officer has died after a car “being used as a weapon” hit her and a colleague, in a New Year’s Eve incident in Nelson.⁠ ⁠ After hitting the two officers, the vehicle allegedly returned and rammed a police car with an officer and a member of the public inside.⁠ ⁠ The victim was named as Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming, age 62.⁠ ⁠ A colleague, Adam Ramsay was also seriously injured in the incident.⁠ ⁠ Officers Fleming and Ramsay were doing foot patrol when a vehicle hit the pair.⁠ ⁠ Police Commissioner Richard Chambers said at just after 2am, two police officers were on a routine foot patrol in Buxton Square carpark in Nelson when completely unprovoked, a vehicle drove towards them, at speed, hitting both of them.⁠ ⁠ A 32-year-old man was tasered and arrested.⁠ #nzpolice #nelson #nz #nzstuff

Security guards intervened to stop ACT Party leader David Seymour from driving a Land Rover up the steps of Parliament on Monday.⁠ ⁠ The vehicle was parked on Parliament’s forecourt. It is being driven from Dunedin to Auckland to raise funds for Manaaki Manawa – The Centre for Heart Research.⁠ ⁠ Seymour said he pulled the stunt to “re-enact an historic event”, when the same Land Rover was driven up Parliament’s steps in 1948.⁠ ⁠ “I just think we live in an insane world ... it was perfectly legal. No one was harmed in 1948. The only danger that was created was actually from the security guard who put himself in danger, and I had to stop when he put himself in the way of the wheels.”⁠ ⁠ When pressed on the point that the modern security environment was markedly different from 1948, he defended his decision.⁠ ⁠ “You really believe that there’s any danger in somebody driving a Range Rover or a Land Rover a couple of meters up a step?”⁠ #davidseymour #wellington #nz #nzstuff

Daman Kumar is a Kiwi kid. He was born in Auckland, and he’s never left the country. He’s just finished school, and he wants to go to university to study visual arts.⁠ ⁠ But if he doesn’t leave the country on Monday, he faces deportation.⁠ #nz #nznews #nzstuff

A Bluebridge passenger has described what it was like riding what looks more like a theme park ride than a ferry crossing, on Monday this week.⁠ ⁠ “There were a lot of people sick and sitting close to doors for fresh air,” Kane Grundy told Stuff.⁠ #nz #nzstuff ⁠ 📹️ Kane Grundy

The wild Wellington weather has impacted sailings of the Interislander ferry on Friday, causing cancellations, damage to vehicles, and injury to a passenger. The 6.15am Picton to Wellington crossing of the Aratere and its 11am return were cancelled due to rough seas, with impacted passengers moved to other sailings. On one voyage that did get underway, the 8.45am Kaitaki sailing out of Wellington, some passenger vehicles shifted as a result of the vessel rolling and sustained minor damage, a Kiwirail spokesperson told Stuff. A witness on the ferry also said that there were both sofas and people sliding around the main lounge due to the roughness of the sea.

David Seymour and comedian Guy Williams engaged in a verbal joust while the ACT leader was talking to reporters at Waitangi on Wednesday.⁠ ⁠ During the speech, Ngāti Wai leader Aperahama Edwards had crossed the marae ātea, twice, to remove Seymour's microphone, and some members of the crowd turned their backs to Seymour.⁠ ⁠ When Seymour was talking to reporters later, Williams suggested that many people would say Seymour was spreading disinformation.⁠ #nzstuff #nz

Police are “following up” with an officer who pulled a U-turn in front of a truck on SH1.⁠ ⁠ The truck driver posted dashcam video on Facebook, which shows the narrow escape while he was headed northbound near Tirau.⁠ ⁠ The video showed the police officer who had been pulled over on the other side of the road before he decided to pull out and perform the U-turn in front of the moving truck.⁠ ⁠ The truck driver said on Facebook that he had to slam on his brakes to get down from 90km to 40km to avoid hitting the police vehicle.⁠ #nz #nzstuff #dashcam

Chris Toms lives in Warkworth and goes through the notorious Hill St intersection daily, sometimes twice daily, and is “still confused about who gives way to whom”. In September, Toms was pinged with a $150 ticket for failing to give way to the right after a near miss with a police car - and he caught the ordeal on his dashcam. Both cars were at give way signs. Toms began moving forward from Sandspit Rd towards Hill St when the traffic light ahead turned green, following the traffic in front of him, when the police car approached from Twin Coast Discovery Hwy on the right, nearly colliding with the side of Toms’ car. A road safety campaigner says the near miss has highlighted the intersection's "absurd" design but is critical of both drivers' actions. Can you tell who was in the right? #nearmiss #dashcam #auckland #nzpolice #nz #nzstuff

Police have found more items belonging to three climbers missing on Aoraki Mt Cook, including footprints, and say they do not believe the men have survived a fall.⁠ ⁠ Aoraki Area Commander Inspector Vicki Walker said police had used a helicopter and drones to search the area where other items were found on Monday and had recovered a top and energy gels. Walker said all items had been retrieved.⁠ ⁠ The search was now suspended, police said in a briefing to media in Timaru on Friday afternoon.⁠ #mtcook #missing #nz #nzpolice #nzstuff

It towers over SH1 and Rainbow’s End in Auckland’s Manukau - but what exactly is this towering stone behemoth of a building? Who built it? Why is it so massive? And what’s inside? Explainer Editor Lloyd Burr heads to South Auckland. #auckland #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints #nz #nzstuff

A solo kayak fisherman got the fright of his life after being chased by a great white shark in the North Island. Matt Wells, 19, was on day one of a three-day fishing trip before he came to close for comfort with a great white shark. Wells told Stuff he first noticed a swirl in the water behind his kayak. “My initial response was that there's a kingfish trying to eat my live bait." “So I swung my head around, turned the camera on, and by the time the camera was on, the swirl had kind of risen up to the surface, and the disturbance on the surface of the water was probably the length of two cars wide. I immediately thought that that's not a fish. What's going on here?” #greatwhiteshark #shark #nz #nzstuff

Speaking to Stuff, Ngāti Wai Chairperson Aperahama Edwards said people turning their backs and taking ACT leader David Seymour's microphone was a sign for the Government to sit down and stop talking.⁠ ⁠ "We've always heard sentiments from our elders to be mindful and to be careful of the messages our children hear. Our tamariki were there and they were watching, the motu was watching," he said.⁠ #waitangi #nz #nznews #nzstuff

Racing Minister Winston Peters has announced the Government’s plans to end greyhound racing in New Zealand. “This is not a decision that is taken lightly but is ultimately driven by protecting the welfare of racing dogs,” the Minister said in an announcement at the Beehive on Tuesday afternoon. The three-time racing minister and supporter of the racing industry has been considering the future of greyhound racing since early this year. Many anti-greyhound racing activists believed his love of racing meant the industry would survive, so the announcement is likely to come as a shock both to the industry and opponents alike. #nznews #nz #greyhoundracing #nzstuff

A SailGP practice session was met with a surprise visitor in Auckland, with a ferry boosting over the course. The moment was captured in a video posted to the SailGP Instagram page, captioned “Not even a flying F50 was stopping this ferry... That ferry has places to be.” #auckland #sailgp #sailing #nz #nzstuff