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QueenstownJune 21

Drink-drivers named in shame campaign

A Queenstown newspaper has named convicted drink-drivers on its front page as it takes a stand against the growing problem in the district.

DunedinJuly 26

Number of drink-drivers disappoints

Dunedin police are disappointed by the number of intoxicated drivers apprehended at checkpoints.

DunedinJune 28

Man joins list of South's worst drink-drivers

A 65-year-old Central Otago man has become one of the South's worst drink-driving offenders.

QueenstownJune 5

Drink-driving behaviour 'harmless', judge says

The ''quite exceptional'' circumstances of an incident which led to a man being charged with drink-driving on May 4, caused Judge Robert Murfitt to waive any fine or disqualification in the Queenstown District Court on Tuesday.

NewsApril 3

17 charged over Easter drink-driving

Seventeen Otago or Southland drivers will be appearing in court on drink-driving charges after the Easter weekend blitz by police.

QueenstownApril 2

One Easter drink-drive arrest

Only one drink-driver was processed by the rural drive group or traffic alcohol group when the police units operated around Central Otago over the long Easter weekend.

QueenstownDecember 17

Community work for drink-driving

A Queenstown pilot was sentenced to 150 hours' community work and disqualified from driving for one year by Judge John Macdonald in the Queenstown District Court yesterday when he appeared for sentence on one charge of drink-driving causing injury.

DunedinDecember 14

Drink-, drug-driving blitz

Drink-drivers and drugged drivers be warned - police are out in force this Christmas-New Year holiday period.

DunedinSeptember 17

Booze bus tests 6000; 8 charged

A dozen people are to appear in court this week after being processed for drink-driving in Dunedin at the weekend.

North OtagoSeptember 6

Hotel's licence suspended

The Liquor Licensing Authority (LLA) has suspended a Kurow hotel's trading licence for two days, after police successfully prosecuted the premises for selling alcohol to an intoxicated 19-year-old man who later crashed and died while driving drunk.

DunedinAugust 10

Ugly face of drink driving

High-risk drink-drivers cause almost two-thirds of fatal crashes where alcohol is a contributing factor and new figures on the country's recidivist drivers do "not make pretty reading", a top road policing manager says.

North OtagoJuly 17

'Potential killer' - drink-driver dobbed in in Oamaru

An Oamaru resident dobbed in a drink-driver who got behind the wheel after an all-night whiskey session.

NationalJune 20

'Blotto' woman insisted she could drive home

'An extremely drunk driver who crashed with three young children in the car insisted she would be okay to continue driving home, says a man who intervened.

North OtagoJune 4

Oamaru man over limit twice in two hours

An Oamaru man's need for a nicotine fix could end up costing him a lot more than just the cost of a pack of cigarettes, after he was stopped for drink-driving twice within two hours.

Central OtagoApril 15

Police say driver left scene

A teenager who was found to have a breath-alcohol level more than double the legal adult limit was allegedly driving a vehicle which rolled at the Cromwell roundabout at the intersection of Barry Ave and Inniscort St about 2.30am on Sunday morning, police said.

QueenstownFebruary 27

Careless driving by passenger

An 18-year-old student admitted careless driving when he appeared before Judge Michael Turner in the Queenstown District Court, even though he was a passenger at the time of the incident.

QueenstownFebruary 13

Mother will also be sentenced: judge

A 50-year-old Wanaka resident was sent to Whangarei to live with his mother by Judge John Clapham in the Queenstown District Court yesterday, after admitting his fourth drink-driving offence.

QueenstownFebruary 13

Police drink-driver chase ends when engine cooks

A drunk Cromwell teenager drove up roads between Queenstown and Wanaka one night at speeds of more than 180kmh and sparked a police chase which only ended when the fleeing vehicle's engine blew up.

NationalJanuary 20

Repeat drink-driving a 'man thing'

The worst recidivist drink-drivers in the country are men in their early 40s and experts say the problem is simply a "man thing".

Central OtagoJanuary 10

Coroner repeats seat belt advice

Otago Southland coroner David Crerar yesterday reiterated the need for drivers to wear a seatbelt and the dangers of drink driving when he released his formal findings in to the death of Leslie Armitage (23), of Tipperary, Ireland, who died near Poolburn on November 13, 2010.

QueenstownJanuary 2

Police focus on drivers

Queenstown police are warning motorists they will be on the roads in high numbers this summer.

QueenstownDecember 18

Don't drink and drive: police

Southern district police are urging motorists to make plans for getting home when celebrating the festive season and warn the after-effects of a big night out can impair driving skills the following day.

DunedinDecember 11

15 drink-drivers shock city police

Police are horrified after catching 15 drink-drivers in Dunedin over three nights, and warn people could be killed on the roads unless drivers' attitudes change.

DunedinJuly 13

Drunken joyride ends in write-off

A 55-year-old Dunedin man was being held in police custody last night after a "disgraceful effort" which allegedly involved a drunken joyride in a stolen car around Otago Peninsula, ending in a crash off Highcliff Rd.

QueenstownJune 13

Crashed three times in drunken spree

A 20-year-old English baker who crashed twice on May 21 before being stopped by a lamppost will be sentenced in the Queenstown District Court on July 25.