Police are warning it's "almost certain" fraudulent activity will occur in the next few weeks, following a suspicious man visiting a home in Balclutha and stating he was a private investigator.
Budget advisers are braced for an influx of calls from people struggling to pay power bills, as the nation’s citizens stay in their homes during lockdown and winter temperatures approach.
Meals on Wheels volunteers are ‘‘flat out’’ delivering meals to Dunedin residents, as the essential service grapples with the problem of not being able to count on most of its usual volunteers.