Tania Kura

Superintendent Tania Kura was appointed to the Eastern District Commander role in July 2017 after 5 years as the Hawkes Bay Area Commander. She has 30 years’ experience in NZ Police. She was recruited from Invercargill and was first posted to Christchurch. She has since worked in four policing Districts  - Central, Bay of Plenty, RNZPC and Eastern. Her career covers a range of areas including general duties, criminal investigations, undercover agent, intelligence, O/C station, operational field training and Area Commander. In 2016 she was the NZ Police security advisor to the NZ Olympic team in Rio de Janiero.  

Tania has three children and currently lives in Havelock North with her youngest daughter Rylie and husband Dave. Eastern district covers the sunny east coast of the north island  - Hastings, Napier and Gisborne.