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  • EVIDENCE newsletter (Final Issue of 2024)
    In this issue:
     
    • We remember Senior Sergeant Terence Mortensen with his story of bravery and selflessness
    • From the Collection: we look back to the 1981 Springbok Tour protests with a story of a police helmet that has made its way in to the Police Museum collection. 
    • Meet the Museum team: Welcome to the team Pamela
    • Public Programmes: The education team share a heartfelt story of how our education programmes help people understand the importance of fingerprints.
    • New Junior Detective Trail featuring some adorable photos of police dogs and puppies by Jane Dunn.
     
     
     
    *EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
     
    If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz
     
  • EVIDENCE newsletter (Third Issue of 2024)
    In this issue:
     
    • Our curator of collections, Jess Aitken, shares about the diploma course on law and collection management she attended early this year
    • From the Collection: Miniatures ranging from hats and medals to the architectural model of the Royal New Zealand Police College (RNZPC)
    • Meet the Museum team: Welcome to the team Hugo and Sarah-Margaret
    • Public Programmes: A successful Term 2 School Holidays
    • View from the front desk
    • In Case You Missed It: Celebrating National Volunteer Week
     
     
     
    *EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
     
    If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz
     
  • EVIDENCE newsletter (Second Issue of 2024)

    In this issue:

    • Rainbow Warrior: evidence that caused Alain Marfart and Dominique Prieur to change their pleas to guilty
    • Museum shares knowledge as part of the new twenty-week initial training programme with recruits.
    • Meet the Museum team: Welcome to the team Zina
    • Public Programmes: Outreach to Porirua schools and school holiday crime scene activity
    • View from the front desk
    • In Case You Missed It: Seven Sharp stories on 1988 Mitsubishi V300 and Alan Richards 60 years in New Zealand Police
       

    Read the Second Issue 2024

     

    *EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.

    If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz

     

  • EVIDENCE newsletter (First Issue of 2024)

    In this issue:

    • Time travelling with Bob Loader
    • From the Collection: Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Blue
    • Meet the Museum team: Welcome to the team Owen
    • Public Programmes: Identical twins, not fingerprints & Ladies fun day out at the museum
    • View from the front desk
    • In Case You Missed It: 1988 Mitsubishi V300 Refurb Update

     

    Read the First Issue 2024

     

    *EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
    If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz(link sends e-mail).
  • EVIDENCE newsletter (Third Issue of 2023)

    In this issue:

    • A Sorrow That Is Too Great to Bear
    • From the Collection: Gear up, bark on!
    • Remembering David Roberts
    • Stitched in Solidarity
    • In Case You Missed It: National Volunteer Week, What a Mug

     

    Read the Third Issue 2023

     

    *EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
    If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz(link sends e-mail).
  • EVIDENCE newsletter (Second Issue of 2023)

    In this issue:

    • The Beginnings of Police Education in Schools
    • From the Collection: That’s a Wrap!
    • New Exhibitions: Drawing the Thin Blue Line
    • Public Programmes: Learning about fingerprints as a family, Riley’s Dream Day, Luca’s gift to Maddy and Best of Wellington 2023: Vote for us!
    • In Case You Missed It: New Zealand Police unveils new Škoda Dog Units – NZ Autocar
     
    *EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
    If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz.
  • EVIDENCE newsletter (First Issue of 2023)
    In this issue:
     
    • Crude But Effective: Improvised firearms from the Museum Collection
    • Meet the Museum team: Madeleine Ross
    • Public Programmes: Term 1 School Holiday Programmes
     
     
     
    *EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
    If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz.
  • EVIDENCE newsletter (Final Issue of 2022)
    In this issue:
     
    • The Opening of He Toa Taumata Rau
    • Exhibitions: 51
    • From the collection: Dolls on Patrol
    • Public Programmes: 2022 In Review
    • Shadow at the Museum
    • In Case You Missed It: A Tribute to Lesley Elliott
     
     
     
    *EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
    If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz.
  • EVIDENCE newsletter (Winter 2022)

    In this issue:

    • Recognition for Operation Deans
    • Meet the Museum Team: Kate Ngatokorua and Roly Hermans
    • From the collection: Candid Coppers
    • Police Remembrance Day 2022

     

    Read the Winter Issue

    *EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
    If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz.

  • EVIDENCE newsletter (Autumn 2022)

    In this issue:

    • Memories of Chief Traffic Inspector William Barbour Bruce McDowell - a story by his daughter Grace Terry
    • Welcome Kaushal Shah
    • “Signs out, signs in”: Road Safety Education
    • Highlights from the first Visitor Book at the RNZPC
    • A tribute to our loved friend and colleague Monalisa Solema To’a

     

    Read the Autumn Issue

    *EVIDENCE is the official communiqué of the New Zealand Police Museum.
    If you would like Evidence to come straight to your inbox, email us on museum@police.govt.nz.