Police

More than 60 motorists have been issued with tickets for speeding on Wanaka's rural roads during an ongoing police traffic operation.

Wanaka police are pleased with an increased level of communication between their community liaison unit and the town's liquor retailers.

Young women are trying to gain access to the homes of elderly people in north Christchurch, and police are warning residents to be cautious.

A 22-year-old Oamaru man, arrested last week as part of the police drug action Operation Nest, now faces 80 drug dealing-related charges.

Twenty-two submissions on the Dunedin police restructure will be considered by a working party over the next few weeks, with a decision on the new shape of the city's police force to be made by mid

An independent Police Conduct Authority review is unlikely after police say a 19-year-old Arrowtown man injured himself running into a cell wall as he was taken into custody by police in Queenstow

The man who admitted murdering Raymond Piper has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minumum non-parole period of 14 years.