Southern police were subject to more complaints and notifications regarding their use of force last year than officers in Auckland City, according to a new police report.
Soldiers swarmed over high country near Middlemarch at the weekend, creeping through the tussocks before assaulting enemy positions with grenades, machine-guns and the army’s new rifle.
Police are refusing to reveal if they have received more reports of suspicious behaviour around Dunedin children, saying they want the public to remain calm.
Moments after a Dunedin mother placed her baby safely into a car seat, an out-of-control police car slammed into her vehicle, trapping her against another vehicle and leaving her fearing for her life.
The latest livestock killings on the Taieri have local farmers "scared stiff", as those responsible for mass stock shootings earlier this year remain at large.
A new report of a suspicious approach near another Dunedin primary school has brought the total number of incidents to four in the last week, however police are not sure if the approaches are linked.