Police tell students: lockup
Police have issued a reminder to students in Dunedin to make sure their flats are secure over the holiday period.
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Broad satisfied with standards
Police commissioner Howard Broad does not believe there is a conduct issue among Southern police, despite five officers being convicted of criminal charges so far this year and another still going
Police honour security guard who stopped drink-driver
Ten-year-old hit by truck
A 10-year-old girl has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a truck in Blenheim this morning.
Details on her condition are not yet available.
Nelson man stabbed with bottle
A Nelson man was stabbed in the neck with a beer bottle early today.
The 19-year-old man was stabbed about 4am today in Bridge Street, Nelson, police said.
Former officer sentenced over crash
'She was certainly not a scapegoat'
Southern police district commander Superintendent Bob Burns said he did not agree with any suggestion from the Alexandra community Dairne Cassidy was a scapegoat for other police.
Crash death 'completely avoidable'
One dead after car hits cyclists
One person is dead and another is critically injured after a car collided with a group of cyclists in Waikato this morning.
Pregnant woman killed in crash
A heavily pregnant 42-year-old has died and two people have been taken to hospital after a head on collision near Palmerston North overnight.