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26 Mar: A police negotiation team is engaging with a person inside Murupara's police station - in Whakatane District

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24 Mar: A person's seriously injured after an assault in Hastings' Twyford

24 Mar: Police are searching for a vehicle overtaken moments before a crash that left a dozen people injured near Taupo yesterday

24 Mar: Armed police remain at a Christchurch property - in Sydenham - after reports a person was making threats

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