Police

Tradesmen are urged to note the serial number of their tools following a spate of burglaries targeting Dunedin construction sites.

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.

New safety restraints including a spitting hood and leg restraints have been introduced by police in an effort to protect officers from harm and prisoners from self-harm.

Alexandra police are likely to make further arrests in relation to an incident in the town at 4am yesterday.

Police carried out a search warrant yesterday morning in connection with alleged drugs offences at a Queenstown property.

Police may withdraw a dangerous driving charge against the co-founder of AJ Hackett Bungy Paul Henry Drury Van Asch, his lawyer told the Queenstown District Court yesterday.

The new head of the Serious Fraud Office has set a deadline of March 31 to decide whether charges will be laid against finance companies the office is investigating.

An old, crumbling headstone in the Waitati Cemetery was further damaged on Thursday night when a car landed on it, police say.

The car was still stuck on the headstone yesterday when police arrived after the occupants called a local towing company requesting a tow, Senior Sergeant Mel Aitken, of Dunedin, said.