New Zealand Police today acknowledges the death of
serving Metropolitan Police officer, and former New Zealand
Police officer, Sergeant Matiu Ratana, known as
Matt.
Sergeant Ratana was already an experienced
officer in the UK when he joined New Zealand Police as part
of the first British High Commission Wing, Wing 212, in
2003.
He served in Auckland City and Counties Manukau
until 2008, before returning to the UK.
As my
counterpart Commissioner Cressida Dick of the Metropolitan
Police has expressed this morning, policing is a
family.
While Sergeant Ratana spent most of his career
in the UK, anyone who serves here will always be a part of
our New Zealand Police whānau.
We send our
condolences to his friends and family here and abroad, and
his colleagues in the Metropolitan Police and across the UK
who will be deeply feeling this loss
today.
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