Police

Dunedin police have ordered 14 vehicles off the road in a crackdown on illegally modified and unsafe vehicles.

About 20 police including officers from the armed offenders squad were involved in the arrest of a man in Reefton.

Pistols and Tasers can get in the way for police officers as they drive to enforce the law.

Thieves who stole a ute carrying radioactive equipment could be putting themselves and members of the public in serious danger, Christchurch police warn.

Sheer hard work, dedication and old-fashioned policing is resulting in impressive crime reduction across the Southern policing district, police minister Anne Tolley says.

The Southern police district was a hot spot for cannabis seized in the country this year, police statistics show.

Police have arrested two men over the assault and robbery of two hitch-hiking French tourists.

Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a 12-year-old girl in South Dunedin last night.

Grossly intoxicated people in Dunedin may be driven home in a courtesy van, as part of a pilot project by the police.

An increase in police numbers at peak times in the Dunedin CBD is beginning to pay dividends, Dunedin police community relations co-ordinator Sergeant Matt Scoles says.