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Police mobile safe speed camera vehicle operator assaulted – Police seek witnesses” Invercargill Police are investigating a serious assault on a Police mobile safe speed camera vehicle operator just before 8.20pm on Friday night. Immediately prior to the assault, the camera operator was sitting in t

Southland Police are asking for the public’s help after an assault in the Eastern Southland area on Wednesday, which left two men seriously injured. Police were notified of the incident after the men presented to Gore hospital about 6pm. They remain in hospital in a serious condition. Initial enquir

Invercargill Police investigating the death of Chad Parekura on Don Street last week are asking those in the Richmond area to please check their properties. Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Baird says it is thought an item of interest may have been disposed of in this area. “Specifically, we’re hoping

Following search warrants at two Invercargill properties this morning, Police made an arrest in relation to the murder of Chad Parekura. A 26-year-old man has now been charged with murder and is due to appear in the Invercargill District Court tomorrow. He also faces a charge of attempts to murder i

Police can now release the name of the man who died on Don Street in Invercargill yesterday. He was 25-year-old Chad Parekura. “Chad was living and working in the Southland area and we extend our deepest sympathies to his family who never expected to be in this terrible position,” says Detective Sen

Police can now name the four people who died on Friday in a crash near Queens Park, Invercargill. They were: Konnor Steele, aged 16, from Bluff Indaka Rouse, aged 16, from Bluff Kyah Kennedy, aged 16, from Bluff O Maruhuatau Otuwhare Tawhai, aged 17, from Invercargill Police would like to extend our

Police can confirm four teenagers died following yesterday afternoon’s two-vehicle crash near Queens Park in Invercargill. A fifth person, the driver of a truck carrying concrete, was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The four teenage young men, three aged 16 and one aged 17, were travelling in

A homicide investigation is underway in Invercargill after a man died early this morning on Don Street. Police received a report just before 12.45am that two men were injured on Don Street in the vicinity of the Invercargill District Court building. Upon arrival, one man was found unconscious with s