Licensed Private Investigator · Christchurch & Canterbury
Bruce Currie is a former Detective Senior Sergeant who now investigates for lawyers, businesses and private clients across New Zealand. Discreet, thorough, and used to evidence that has to stand up in court.
Initial appraisals are free and confidential.
About Bruce
Based near Christchurch, working throughout Canterbury and the South Island, with associates nationwide and the contacts to arrange international enquiries.
Bruce joined the New Zealand Police in 1975 and soon transferred to the Criminal Investigation Branch where he spent the most of the next 25 years. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he had achieved the rank of Detective Senior Sergeant and was in charge of all serious crime investigations for the Waikato Rural Police District.
During the course of his Police career, Bruce was involved in over 70 successful homicide enquiries. These included the investigation into the death of British tourist Marjorie Hopegood in Hamilton and many other high profile cases.
Bruce was also the Officer in Charge of the Police operation into the escape of 4 high profile prisoners from Pareremoremo Prison which was conducted in the Tairua area and gained both national and international media attention.
During the 1990’s Bruce was the Officer in charge of the Waikato Drug squad, responsible for the cannabis recovery and covert drug operations run throughout the region.
Bruce has operated his own private investigation practice since 2001, originally servicing the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Auckland regions. He is now based in Canterbury and works throughout the South Island and nationwide.
His Police background has been used by many legal practitioners to unravel cases against their clients, interview potential defence witnesses and brief them for court. In 2015 Bruce was the lead investigator for the Defence in the Cissy Chen murder trial in Auckland where her husband was found not guilty of her murder.
His services include criminal defence work, matrimonial (peace of mind), surveillance, fraud, staff theft, tracing individuals, Family Court matters, drugs, document service and general investigations. He provides a confidential service to both the business and private sectors, and sound advice at competitive rates. All enquiries are welcome.
Services
Corporate and private work across Christchurch, Canterbury and the rest of New Zealand. Every engagement starts with a free, confidential appraisal.
For Canterbury businesses, lawyers, liquidators and schools.
Bruce currently works with a range of experienced lawyers assisting companies with civil claims either issued by them or who are defending claims made against them. He is able to identify lines of enquiry and quickly get to the crux of the issue, often saving cost. He is very aware of the rules of evidence and all information collected is assimilated and documented in a format suitable for court presentation.
Theft in the workplace can be difficult to detect, as it typically starts small. If the dishonest employees discover that they can get away undetected with these small thefts, they are likely to expand their efforts. Your business may soon be losing large sums of money each year and the larger or more diverse your business interests and assets are, the easier it is for a savvy employee to hide their criminal activities. Even if the thefts are discovered, it is often very difficult for business owners and corporations to identify the guilty party or parties, especially if several employees are involved in the cover-up.
Bruce and his team can investigate any suspicious financial activity or losses occurring within your company, in relation to both current and former staff, including:
Whether you are unsure about the causes of missing resources and money or are certain that workplace theft is occurring and want to uncover the perpetrators, a private investigator can help you nip workplace thieving in the bud and make sure all your employees are working for the good of your company.
Maybe a business associate might be trying to defraud you, an employee may be trying to mislead you, a claimant may not actually be as unwell as they state or perhaps someone you care about has started a habit that is going to be harmful to them.
You need to be 100% certain before you take any action but what if you are certain yet unable to prove it?
Bruce is able to conduct discreet surveillance that may answer these questions. He may also be able to put your mind at ease if nothing untoward is occurring.
Surveillance is suitable in a number of circumstances including:
Bruce has considerable experience in locating missing assets, particularly missing cars, boats and heavy machinery. His work is often in the insolvency field and leads to the recovery of funds to be dispersed by liquidators to creditors.
He is available to close down premises, put appropriate security measures in place, complete stock and plant inventories and any other duties requested by liquidators.
In this competitive corporate landscape it is important to know that you can rely on the honesty and integrity of the people you are trusting with your company’s confidential information, assets and resources.
Background information on any potential employee, business partner or corporation will enable you to make better informed and cost-effective hiring decisions, safeguarding your company against fraudulent candidates and further risks of corruption.
Bruce offers a range of background checks, including:
Above all, you do not want to put your company’s reputation and future at risk. Bruce can help you safeguard against untrustworthy individuals and dangerous business decisions. Call Bruce today and speak to a highly qualified private detective about how we can help you protect your business.
Boards of Trustees are often confronted with issues around staff, pupils and families that need looking at by an experienced investigator. Bruce is often called upon to resolve issues confronting boards and can use his extensive life experience to come up with a solution that appeases all parties. If your school has such an issue, call Bruce and discuss the matter in a confidential manner without obligation.
Process servers prepare affidavits and deliver a variety of legal documents which often require a particular person’s attendance in court. Bruce and his team travel to people’s homes, offices, and businesses to serve important court documents like divorce papers, subpoenas, statements of claim and other notices. They are ready to take on any challenge and work assiduously to serve documents on time while maintaining their professional integrity.
We recognise that it’s incredibly challenging and time-consuming for individuals, businesses and government organisations to track down recipients and ensure they have received the legal documents that have been sent to them. Besides, we understand that many recipients try to evade process servers. We use the best surveillance techniques and private investigation strategies to trace even the most difficult subjects. With a broad range of investigation services, we can monitor the subject’s activities both online and in the real world and track them down quickly.
For individuals and families in Christchurch, Canterbury and across New Zealand.
Bruce currently works with a wide range of criminal practitioners around New Zealand. They use his experience to review Police cases, identify lines of enquiry, interview and brief potential defence witnesses and arrange for their attendance at court. His work is either funded privately or by Legal Services, a Government Agency that funds legal defence work. After reviewing legal aid cases, he prepares an estimate of costs to be forwarded by the acting lawyer to Legal Services for approval.
Knowing where to look for a missing person is very much like looking for a needle in a haystack. Perhaps, if you know the person well and know their habits and the places they tend to spend time in then you can narrow it down to a hay bale or two.
However, if you are looking for a runaway teen, a long lost relative, a friend you lost contact with years ago, an old flame or your genetic parents, you don’t have a lot to go on.
This is where professional help becomes essential. Bruce is an expert in locating missing people for all reasons.
While the idea of looking for a long-lost family member is a nice one and we would happily do that full time, Bruce is also called upon to locate witnesses who are avoiding contact or individuals who owe you money and have gone to ground. It is likely that you do not know much about these people.
Bruce has the networks and contacts, developed over many years of detective work, needed to find the people and facts that prefer to stay hidden.
Our resources include personal, company and business networks, and we have the tracing expertise and equipment needed to effectively pursue all avenues of investigation.
Bruce and his team can help find a missing person or business and provide you with the most up-to-date contact information and location details.
Call and talk to Bruce about your needs, or see mrtracer.co.nz for more details about Bruce’s dedicated tracing service.
It is often the ‘not knowing’ that is the worst aspect of cheating in a relationship.
Bruce and his team can remove the doubts and either set your mind at ease or provide you with irrefutable evidence to confront the problem.
Infidelity can happen in any relationship. Whether you suspect that you have a cheating boyfriend, cheating girlfriend, or cheating spouse, you want to know the truth, even if it’s bad! Your gut tells you it is definitely happening, an affair right under your nose, but you can’t get proof and you can’t confront your partner without it.
Perhaps your friends are telling you that you are being too suspicious and your partner says you are paranoid and jealous. However, those are the kinds of lines a cheating wife or cheating husband would typically throw at you – making you feel guilty for not trusting them.
So what can you do? If you get caught following them there will be hell to pay. Fishing for information can also easily get you in trouble. Their phone is suddenly locked and their sent emails erased. You are getting nowhere by asking pointed questions about where they have been when they get home late from work. You need evidence – proof that will enable you to make an informed decision about your future with this person. Most of all you need to find a way to end the emotional and psychological turmoil that a cheating spouse will put you through.
Bruce can help. While it might seem like a good idea to do your own reconnaissance work, you may unknowingly end up committing illegal activities. Not to mention you run the risk of getting caught spying from the bushes and there is no way that scenario can turn out well.
Bruce can investigate infidelity and affairs while remaining undetected, then provide you with the proof you need in a discreet and efficient manner. Because Bruce is licensed for detective work, he is legally able to investigate in ways you cannot.
The confirmation that you have a cheating spouse is naturally very upsetting news. By using an investigator you can receive evidence of an affair in a safe and secure way and have the time to consider your reaction before confronting your cheating significant other. This will save you pain in the long run and also means that any action you take will be thought-out, rather than driven by emotion. If you want to get even rather than just getting mad, you will need all the information and evidence you can get to plan your next move. Contacting a lawyer with evidence provided by Bruce will mean you can get the upper hand in divorce or de facto claims.
Another definite benefit of involving an investigator is that if your suspicions are not correct, and your partner is not having an affair, then it is best to find out from a professional detective, rather than finding out when you confront your partner – and get dumped for accusing them of infidelity.
Confronting a loved one, family member, colleague or business associate about their drug, gambling or drinking habit can be difficult to say the least. People get defensive about behaviour that they know is harmful to them and the more you try to speak to them about it, the more they’ll brush you off. You may even risk losing their friendship and driving them further into their addiction.
Even though they may not want any help, you want to give it to them. You know that their behaviour is impacting their relationships, their work and their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. If it happens to be a spouse, or partner, then you know first-hand how their addictive behaviour is affecting their life and yours and you have a right to want it to stop. However, it is difficult to know how to help someone struggling with a drug problem, gambling addiction or alcoholism.
The first thing to do, before trying to tackle the problem, is to identify it. As someone who is close to them, you cannot confront them without evidence and you know they won’t tell you the truth about their problem.
Consider hiring Bruce to investigate their addiction and to get all the information about their situation. Whether it’s your husband, wife, business partner or a family member, there are many questions to consider. Is it a single drug, or several? How much are they drinking and how has it affected their health? Is it all types of gambling, or is it one specifically? How much money have they lost or spent? Do they owe money to anyone because of their addiction? Who else are they putting at risk?
Before you confront the person, you want answers to all these questions. Bruce is a highly qualified private detective who can undertake surveillance – with the utmost discretion – to get you the answers you need to plan your way forward. Whether you need to take action to protect yourself, or to find a way to convince them to get help, this information is vital.
The break-up of a family is never easy. In some cases the process will happen naturally, amicably, and smoothly, with each party ending up with more or less the deal that they want. However, this is not always the case – for these times you may need Bruce’s private investigation services.
Bruce and his team have a wide range of experience in handling these very sensitive matters with care, diligence, respect and discretion.
Your questions?
If any of these situations apply to you, Bruce can provide you with the answers you need, with total discretion and confidentiality every time.
We all dream of our teenagers being the kind of kids who stay at home to study and enjoy spending time with their parents. We were like that as teenagers, weren’t we?
Sadly, we know the reality is that teenagers are the most likely to put themselves in dangerous situations and make bad decisions. Blame the hormones – they make teenage boys think they’re invincible and teenage girls think they’ll never get caught. What really worries us, the parents and guardians of teenagers, is the fact that they are oblivious to the many dangers surrounding them or simply believe that nothing bad will happen to them.
While we can pray the worst won’t happen and that they’ll learn their lessons before any harm comes to them, we can also take steps to protect our teens. If you are concerned about any of your child’s behaviour or habits, or unsure what exactly they are getting up to, Bruce can investigate the matter further. Parents are often in the dark about what their teens are doing; sometimes it can be better than imagined and sometimes worse. But whatever it is, you want to know.
Bruce investigates teenage criminal activity, drug use and possession, binge drinking, truancy, promiscuity, unusual internet habits, as well as any suspicious new friends and associates. His surveillance services include monitoring and observing your child’s activities and reporting back to you. This way we can provide you with detailed knowledge of your child’s life outside of home, without jeopardising their trust in you and without raising their suspicions that their parents are watching or concerned. Along with information, Bruce can give you peace of mind.
Please call Bruce today to speak about your individual case and concerns.
Contact
The quickest way to reach him is by phone. Initial appraisals are free and completely confidential.
Private meeting locations can be arranged if required.