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A chaotic Friday boy racer meeting in Levin and Palmerston North, has prompted calls for quicker, and stricter, punishments

1 June 2025

A chaotic Friday boy racer meeting in Levin and Palmerston North, has prompted calls for quicker, and stricter, punishments

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Police are vowing to have a strong presence in Central Hawke's Bay for a large gang gathering
	1 Jun: Police are vowing to have a strong presence in Central Hawke's Bay for a large gang gathering... more

A man has been imprisoned for 10 years and eight months after abducting a woman and raping her repeatedly
	31 May: A man has been imprisoned for 10 years and eight months after abducting a woman and raping her repeatedly... more

Urges for stronger crack downs on boy racer gatherings, following violent events in Levin and Palmerston North
	31 May: Urges for stronger crack downs on boy racer gatherings, following violent events in Levin and Palmerston North... more

Police have spent much of the night, responding to a large boy-racer meet-up in Levin
	31 May: Police have spent much of the night, responding to a large boy-racer meet-up in Levin... more

St John says it was called to a crash on Wallace Road just before midnight last night, and transported one person to Palmerston North Hospital in a serious condition
	31 May: St John says it was called to a crash on Wallace Road just before midnight last night, and transported one person to Palmerston North Hospital in a serious condition... more

Police are out in force in Levin this long weekend -- a year on from a meet-up that saw a crowd of more than 200 people turn violent and hurl projectiles at Police
	31 May: Police are out in force in Levin this long weekend -- a year on from a meet-up that saw a crowd of more than 200 people turn violent and hurl projectiles at Police... more

Hawke's Bay Police are urging the public to report unlawful use of dirt bikes following two serious incidents in the past month
	21 May: Hawke's Bay Police are urging the public to report unlawful use of dirt bikes following two serious incidents in the past month... more

A man's been arrested after participants were pelted with glass bottles during last month's Hawke's Bay cycling race
	20 May: A man's been arrested after participants were pelted with glass bottles during last month's Hawke's Bay cycling race... more

A man's due in the Masterton District Court today in relation to the seven suspicious fires that occurred in the Wairarapa town earlier this year
	19 May: A man's due in the Masterton District Court today in relation to the seven suspicious fires that occurred in the Wairarapa town earlier this year... more

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