Police squad to patrol roads
Motorists in Central Otago can expect to be stopped any time, anywhere and tested for alcohol by a new five-officer police squad set up specifically to patrol the district's roads.
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New police technology fine tunes infringement notices
New police technology fine tunes infringement notices
Police have begun a trial run of technology so traffic infringement notices can be issued with greater efficiency and accuracy.
Police ask: Do you know this man?
Police ask: Do you know this man?
Police have released the image of the man they say held up a Green Island bank on Tuesday morning, and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
How to meet police this weekend
How to meet police this weekend
The man in charge of policing coastal Otago roads says anyone speeding, driving while impaired or texting behind the wheel this long weekend should expect to meet one of his officers.
Charges follow attack
Charges follow attack
Three police officers were allegedly assaulted, spat at and kicked on Sunday night, by a 37-year-old man who was found breaching his bail and had allegedly earlier stolen petrol from a Mornington petrol station.
Four held over fatal Nelson shooting
Four held over fatal Nelson shooting
Four people have been taken into police custody following a fatal shooting in Nelson in which a 22-year-old man was shot dead.
Shot courier died instantly, family told
Shot courier died instantly, family told
Halatau Naitoko would have died instantly when accidentally shot by police, a forensic pathologist has told the coroner's inquest into his death.
Drink-drive blitz results 'ridiculous'
Drink-drive blitz results 'ridiculous'
Police are "totally dissatisfied" with the results of a drink-driving blitz in Dunedin at the weekend after they caught 26 drivers over the legal limit.
Woman attacked in Dunedin home
Woman attacked in Dunedin home
A 31-year-old Dunedin woman has been released from hospital after a man attacked her in her home in Argyle St, Mornington, late last night.
Robbery victim beaten bloody
Robbery victim beaten bloody
A man has described how he was punched and kicked in the face by a 15-year-old youth and two other young men after refusing to give the youth a cigarette.
Bashed officer's condition improving
Bashed officer's condition improving
An off-duty police officer beaten unconscious when he tried to break up a fight near his house in Tuakau, south of Auckland, was today reported to be improving.
Police alert over missing Wakari patient
Police alert over missing Wakari patient
Dunedin police are concerned about the wellbeing of a patient missing from Wakari Hospital.
Englishman charged after stabbing
Englishman charged after stabbing
An English tourist has been arrested and charged in relation to a stabbing at the Glenorchy Holiday Park early on Sunday.
Man dies fleeing police
Man dies fleeing police
A man is dead after crashing his car while fleeing police on the Gordonton-Puketaha Rd, north of Hamilton.
Police fight to keep their bars licence-free
Police fight to keep their bars licence-free
Police need their own bars so they are not hassled by the public when they socialise, their union says.
Assault, fight, on Dunedin streets
Assault, fight, on Dunedin streets
An 18-year-old woman was knocked unconscious in an incident yesterday.
No leads on reported home invasion
No leads on reported home invasion
Police are continuing to investigate a reported home invasion in North Dunedin on Friday.
Teenagers fined for drinking in public
Teenagers fined for drinking in public
Balclutha police issued five South Otago youths with $200 fines early on Sunday.
Driver clocked at 177kmh
Driver clocked at 177kmh
A 23-year-old man's driver's licence was automatically suspended for 28 days after a police laser unit clocked his car travelling at 177kmh on the Dunedin Southern Motorway, near Fairfield, at the...
Police defend boy racer response
Police defend boy racer response
Residents and businesses on Dukes Rd, near Mosgiel, say they have "had a gutsful" of boy racers damaging and littering the roadside and their properties and keeping them awake.