Debbie Porteous

Tsunami exercise to test revised plan

Dunedin civil defence and emergency management experts' ability to respond to a tsunami will be put to the test tomorrow as part of a national exercise.

Crimestoppers hotline proves useful

Additional information from the Crimestoppers hotline has been welcomed by the Southern police district's intelligence unit.

Alcohol cheaper than water: study

A new University of Otago study provides evidence, its authors believe for the first time, that alcohol in New Zealand is more affordable than it was 10 years ago and that most of it is more affordable than bottled water.

Crashed helicopter sent no signal

A search helicopter hovers over bush at the edge of Bluff Harbour, where the wreckage of a...

Crashed helicopter sent no signal

The Civil Aviation Authority will investigate why a locator transmitter did not go off after a helicopter crashed, killing two men, at Bluff this week.

Three remanded into CYF custody

Three 15-year-old Timaru youths who allegedly tried to evade police near Middlemarch for nearly six hours on Tuesday were remanded without plea into Child, Youth and Family custody when they appeared in court in Dunedin yesterday.

Tongan police officers in Dunedin

Southern police district commander Superintendent Bob Burns and southern district HR manager...

Tongan police officers in Dunedin

Having two staff members selected to provide ongoing assistance and advice to the Tongan police as part of a development programme between New Zealand, Australia and Tonga is a feather in the Southern police district's cap, says the district superintendent.

Mosgiel police warn of computer scam

A scam that has been operating in Australia and other parts of New Zealand for some months appears to have hit Mosgiel, where police have this week received reports from residents who received telephone cold-calls from companies wishing to check their "computer for viruses".

Causes of house fires still under investigation

Barry Gibson inspects a Somerville St house burnt last week. Photo by Peter McIntosh.

Causes of house fires still under investigation

A fire safety investigator is still working through the causes of two accidental house fires in Dunedin in the past week.

Logging accident under scrutiny

The exact circumstances of an accident in which two logging contractors were seriously injured at Mt Allan, near Dunedin, yesterday, is being worked through by an inspector from the Department of Labour.

Alleged burger burglar arrested

A man has been arrested in relation to the burglary of Dunedin fast food restaurant Velvet Burger last month. Constable Karl O'Dowda said police arrested the 27-year-old, who had been evading police for some time, in Dunedin yesterday. The man would appear in the Dunedin District Court on Friday on a burglary charge.

Five Dunedin teens on drug charges

Five young people are being dealt with in the courts after a police operation targeted teenage drug dealers in Dunedin.

Chance for proactive policing public input

The public will get their say on a restructuring of the Dunedin police service.

Transfer prisoners settle in

Eighty-seven Christchurch prisoners transferred to the Otago Corrections Facility are settling in for the long haul as the assessment of earthquake damage to Christchurch Men's Prison continues.

CCTV glitches halt police-screen relay

Some minor technical issues with Dunedin's new CCTV system have not affected its operation, authorities say.

Name suppression changes signalled

New proposals to make it harder for the evidence and the names of accused and convicted people to be suppressed in court and easier to suppress the names of children and victims, signal the rebalancing of the intention of the law, an Otago law professor says.

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