Police at a house in the Wellington suburb of Roseneath after two people were found dead. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Wellington police have brought in extra staff to deal with a spate of serious crimes in the region.
This week alone there has been a suspected murder-suicide in Roseneath, a body found outside a property in Northland and a driver ramming several police cars, injuring five officers in Lower Hutt.
Earlier in March, police launched a homicide investigation after 63-year-old Abdul Nabizadah was found with serious head injuries on a Miramar street, and later died.
Wellington police at the scene in Albemarle Road, Northland, where a man was found dead outside a property. Photo: RNZ / Ashleigh McCaull
Wellington police district commander Corrie Parnell said 15 more investigators had been brought in to help. There are more than 1000 officers in the district.
"We've had an unusual spate of serious investigations in recent weeks," he said.
"That said, each one of those investigations are all in their own right, there's no inter-link between those enquiries."
The police were well equipped to deal with them, Parnell said.
He reassured the public they were safe.
"[The investigations] are well within hand of the Wellington policing district and we will continue to bring those to the conclusion for everyone."
Police had received overwhelming support from the public in relation to their recent investigations, he said.
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