Car taken
An 18-year-old Mosgiel man who admitted performing "burn-outs" on Johnston St, Clinton, last weekend had his car impounded by police yesterday.
An 18-year-old Mosgiel man who admitted performing "burn-outs" on Johnston St, Clinton, last weekend had his car impounded by police yesterday.
Wanaka police are relieved no fires were lit on the corner of Chalmers St and Stratford Tce yesterday but continue to chase every lead as they hunt the person responsible for six deliberately-lit f
A short but high-speed car chase in Dunedin, in which a motorist allegedly fled from a police patrol car at speeds of up to 137kmh in Mosgiel, ended when the pursued car turned into a dead-end stre
Police could have stopped a drunk driver getting behind the wheel before he went on to kill three young people in Taranaki in 2005, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.
One hundred and sixteen people were arrested in Dunedin during the first ten days of this year, with 34 of them during the weekend.
A 38-year-old male motorcyclist has been killed in a collision with a car in the Waitomo district.
Police investigating an assault on a 15-year-old girl in Timaru last night say they are treating the incident as serious, even though she was unhurt.
A 52 year old man from Palmerston North collapsed and died suddenly at Lake Taupo this afternoon.
The man had been holidaying in Taupo with his family, police said.
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.