Assault

Two Dunedin men are due to appear in court this week for allegedly assaulting police officers at the weekend.

A German man required stitches to his upper lip after he was assaulted in the McDonald's restaurant in Camp St yesterday at 12.15am.

Police in Invercargill are investigating an unprovoked attack in which an 18-year-old woman sustained injuries to her face and body.

A Hastings taxi driver was still being hit from behind as he scrambled to radio for help during a savage attack that broke his jaw.

Two men are in intensive care and a third has serious head injuries following separate incidents during a weekend of violence.

A man is in custody after a serious assault in Wanaka yesterday that left another man needing treatment for head injuries.

A nightclubber who left a man with irreparable brain damage after punching him in central Auckland last June has been sentenced to one year imprisonment.

Police are investigating a prolonged attack that left a 14-year-old Kaitaia College student unconscious on the ground while another 14-year-old female student kicked her.

A US rap star was spoken to by police over a vicious daylight assault on a couple and young father near a children's playground in an affluent Auckland suburb.

Security camera footage from inside a City Taxis cab is being reviewed by police in a bid to identify a male passenger allegedly involved in an attack on a female driver on Saturday night.