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Driver Convicted for Ramming NZ Police, First Female Officer Killed

5/19/2026

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Hayden Tasker was convicted of murder for driving his vehicle into Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming and Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay in Nelson’s Buxton Square.
The case marked New Zealand’s first killing of a female police officer.
Crown prosecutor Jackson Webber told the jury Tasker accelerated to 45 km/h and used his car as a weapon, rejecting a suicide claim.

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Hayden Tasker was convicted of murder for driving his vehicle into Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming and Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay in Nelson’s Buxton Square.
The case marked New Zealand’s first killing of a female police officer.
Crown prosecutor Jackson Webber told the jury Tasker accelerated to 45 km/h and used his car as a weapon, rejecting a suicide claim.