Police

Police Commissioner Howard Broad is considering whether to reinvestigate the Crewe murders after a personal plea from their only child.

Oamaru police are appealing for help from the public after an Oamaru couple were threatened at their home by three people, one carrying a baseball bat.

The chance to view the cell block at the Alexandra Police Station while staying on the "right side" of the law is being offered this weekend.

Police Minister Judith Collins says she will support police carrying guns in the front of patrol car lock-boxes if that option is presented in a review of arming police.

Security at the Forsyth Barr Stadium building site in Dunedin has been stepped up after intruders tampered with machinery earlier this month.

Police were surprised at the number of people speeding past schools yesterday morning, as the school term started and police did their now familiar back-to-school driver awareness campaign.