{"id":17744,"date":"2026-06-24T13:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=17744"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:11:19","slug":"matthew-rogers-named-as-one-auckland-police-officer-facing-charges-of-possessing-objectionable-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=17744","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Rogers named as one Auckland police officer facing charges of possessing objectionable material"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Auckland police officer facing charges of possessing objectionable material can now be named.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He is Matthew Rogers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The charges allege the offending occurred between August 2023 and October 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They carry a maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine of $50,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Matthew Rogers.<\/p>\n

RNZ \/ Nick Monro<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A rapid review of staff internet usage was sparked by the resignation of former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming, after child sexual exploitation and bestiality material were found on his work devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Deputy Commissioner Tim Anderson said police were moving to prosecute three staff members following separate investigations arising from the review on 11 June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Frances Eivers.<\/p>\n

RNZ \/ Nick Monro<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rogers is one of two Auckland-based officers set to appear in Manukau District Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He appeared before Judge Frances Eivers earlier in the morning, and did not advance his previous name suppression.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rogers’ lawyer, Todd Simmonds KC, indicated that he may enter not guilty pleas, but said it was too soon to say.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Todd Simmonds KC.<\/p>\n

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Rogers was remanded at large without plea and was expected to reappear in August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Court documents seen by RNZ reveal the other officer, a man in his 60s, faces 11 charges of possessing an objectionable publication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He is expected to appear in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The charges date between May 2023 and May 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One of the charges alleges the officer had a “rape image”, two charges say “child exploitation material”, three charges say “child sexual exploitation” and five charges allege the officer possessed “bestiality” material.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A third police officer will be appearing at a court in Wellington at a later date.<\/p>\n

Source: RNZ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Auckland police officer facing charges of possessing objectionable material can now be named. He is Matthew Rogers. The charges allege the offending occurred between August 2023 and October 2025. They carry a maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine of $50,000. Matthew Rogers. RNZ \/ Nick Monro A rapid review of staff […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17746,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17744\/revisions\/17746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}