Police

An Environment Court appeal has been lodged against the siting of the proposed new Wanaka police station.

Police are cold-calling recidivist drink-drivers in an effort to reduce offences on southern roads.

Road spikes were used to stop a car in a police pursuit in Dunedin yesterday morning.

Non-Sworn police staff in the Southern District are among the first in the country to try a new corporate uniform.

Jake Wells does not remember his parents' car being stolen, or the fact it was driven at up to 150kmh before crashing.

Police believe they have delivered a ''king hit'' to the multimillion-dollar illegal cannabis trade in Otago and Southland with the arrest of five people.

Burglaries of Dunedin schools have almost doubled in the past year, prompting police and Neighbourhood Support to provide strategies for keeping schools secure during holidays.

Queenstown police are seeking witnesses to a serious crash on State Highway 6, near Glenda Dr, on Friday night.

"Alcohol abuse" was to blame for almost every arrest made in Queenstown over the weekend, which included the detoxification of a 40-year-old Queenstown woman so drunk she could not stand or remember her address, police say.

Oamaru Police are on the look-out for a Mazda car with a broken headlight and no manufacturer's badge.