Local police confirm the incident involved a single-shooter, who is now dead.

Authorities say the slain officer had a pregnant wife, and two children.

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11 Aug: Mystery still surrounds the death of Leiann Rae Davis in Auckland's Parnell last Thursday

11 Aug: The fire on the site of an old hospital and asylum, near Hokitika is being treated as suspicious

11 Aug: Almost half of Kiwis are reportedly illegally crossing railway tracks

10 Aug: A person's been killed after a crash involving a pedestrian in Hamilton his afternoon

10 Aug: A man's died after being pulled from the water on Auckland's Tamaki Drive, in Parnell this afternoon

10 Aug: There's been a crash at Edmont National Park in New Plymouth after several cars slid on the ice and came off the road

10 Aug: Fire crews are working to put out a large building fire near Hokitika on the South Island's West Coast

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