Police prepare for new duties under restructuring
General duties police staff at Dunedin North and Dunedin South stations are tidying up their paper work as they prepare to move out and new proactive policing teams prepare to move in.
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Police catch poachers on Central Otago farm
Armed police nabbed five men hunting illegally on a farmer's land stocked with deer in Central Otago overnight.
Public proving helpful in hunt for jewel heist suspects
Police say they are getting plenty of public help as they look for two foreigners accused of stealing jewellery worth $770,000 from two robberies in May.
Two charged over baby's death
It will be several weeks before it is known how a baby boy found buried in the back yard of a south Auckland house died, police say.
More sightings of man in underpants
Police have received more reports of a man clad in underpants observed approaching children near schools in Dunedin last week.
Invercargill pair facing charges after incident
Two Invercargill youths were arrested by Oamaru police after they tried to evade being stopped by a patrol car early yesterday morning.
Sheep mauled in dog attack
A Riverbank Rd property owner reported two merino sheep were "seriously" mauled in a dog attack on Saturday night.
The owner had to destroy the sheep.
Police: Fatal crash could have been handled better
Police name woman killed by bus
An overseas visitor who died after being hit by a bus in Auckland this morning has been named by police.
High-rise cop shop too much in quake wake
A 17-year-old says he "legged it" from a police car because he was too frightened by earthquake aftershocks to go into the high-rise Christchurch Central Police Station.