Police seek dark blue Legacy in fatal crash

STOLEN BOAT: If you’ve seen this six-metre fibreglass boat since last Saturday, call the Kerikeri police station. It was stolen with a 200 horsepower outboard motor and its trailer from Opito Bay over the weekend. Also missing from Opito Bay is a blue double cab Mazda Bounty ute registered as EQD266. The owner returned from a night out in his boat to find the vehicle gone.

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Whangarei police are keen to hear from anyone who saw a dark blue Subaru Legacy station wagon being driven from Warkworth to the Brynderwyn Hills on February 28, prior to the vehicle being involved in a fatal head-on crash.

It was one of three vehicles involved in the crash, which occurred about 3.20pm on State Highway 1 on the Whangarei side of the Brynderwyn Hills.

The 27-year-old driver of one of the vehicles died in the crash and a 29-year-old male front passenger received serious injuries.

The 39-year-old driver of the Subaru Legacy was flown to Auckland hospital in a critical condition.

The two occupants of the third vehicle were not injured.

Whangarei police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the crash and has not been spoken to.

Call (09) 430-4500.

A 22-year-old man was arrested and charged with unlawful taking of a motor vehicle from Moerewa on Sunday morning. The stolen vehicle was located, on fire, at Otiria.

A 69-year-old Keri-keri woman was parked outside Gemtime jewellery shop in the mainstreet on Sunday when her foot slipped off the brake and on to the accelerator, propelling her vehicle into the front window of the shop.

Kerikeri senior sergeant Peter Robinson says the police are happy to hear that TransitNZ is calling for tenders for work to realign SH10 at Bulls Gorge, the scene of many accidents over a number of years, several since the beginning of this year.

A 33-year-old man faces careless driving and drink-driving charges after he lost control of a vehicle on Paihia Rd and crashed. He had an alcohol level of 526ml per litre of breath.

A 29-year-old man was arrested in connection with a burglary at Waipapa last week and a 33-year-old woman from Moerewa was arrested last week after a shoplifting incident at The Warehouse in Kerikeri.

Three burglaries were reported at Ha-ruru Falls at the weekend. Police are following leads.

A 17-year-old male from Haruru Falls faces burglary charges in relation to an incident at the Thai Garden restaurant in Paihia.

Police would like to hear from anyone with information about a window smashed at Zest cafe on Kerikeri Rd at the weekend. Evidence of pellet holes has caused the police to seek further information about this incident.

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