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That's despite reports suggesting some officers may have repeatedly looked up the same vehicle.

The plan included cutting roles and closing stations in rural and remote communities across Canterbury.

"This could have had a very different outcome, and we're incredibly thankful," police say.

The race to fill the two vacant Deputy Commissioner of police roles has narrowed down to four candidates, with interviews expected to be carried out this week RNZ understands.

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Police were called to a report of someone injured on Kaponga Crescent in New Lynn just before midday.

Marley, 17, was last seen in the suburb of Scarborough on the afternoon of Friday, 26 September.

Armed police had surrounded a housing complex in Auckland with a man holed up inside.

The circumstances around the sudden death of a man in the early hours of Saturday morning remain unclear.

An 11-year-old boy with family in New Zealand and Canada has gone missing in British Columbia.

Officers from the Police Criminal Investigation Branch and the Serious Crash Unit are at the scene.

A small child, playing happily outside his home in South Australia's mid-north, wandered off into the bush.

Police said the cause of the fire in Bucklands Beach hasn't been determined, and they are working with fire investigators.

A two-vehicle crash at the Great South Road northbound on-ramp in Pōkeno is causing delays on the highway.

Police say a forensic examination has confirmed a gun was involved in the man's death.

Walter Brown left a care home in Auckland's Papakura on 20 September but never returned.

Boats, drones and now a helicopter are being used in the search for Marley, police say.

Police say the highway is expected to stay closed for some time.