Southern firearm users top 30,000
The Southern Police District has the second-highest number of licensed firearms users in the country, but police are unable to provide an accurate figure for the number of firearms.
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Slow police response 'unjustifiable'
Delays in the police response to the shooting of south Auckland liquor store owner Navtej Singh were unjustifiable and arguably breached the police's duty of care to preserve life, the Independent
Officer nabbed doing 149kmh
Queenstown police prosecutor Sergeant Ian Collin is facing a code of conduct inquiry after being caught driving at 149kmh.
Police steer wandering beast away from streets
Police and public safety key to firearm policy: police
Police have defended changes to their firearms training policy, saying the safety of both the police and the public is their priority.
Police recover body from car in Lake Wakatipu
Police have confirmed a 37-year-old man Queenstown man found dead inside a partly submerged car in Lake Wakatipu yesterday was a diabetic earlier reported missing.
Teacher stabbed in classroom
Police are questioning a 13-year-old boy after a teacher was stabbed at Te Puke High School this morning.
Violent rampage in Queenstown
Queenstown police say four young Invercargill men went on a rampage at the weekend, attacking three people in "unprovoked, callous pack-attacks".
Driver clocked at 177kmh
A 23-year-old man's driver's licence was automatically suspended for 28 days after a police laser unit clocked his car travelling at 177kmh on the Dunedin Southern Motorway, near Fairfield, at the
Man arrested after shooting
A man has been arrested after a shooting on the West Coast early today. Police said that a single shot was fired from a vehicle at a following vehicle in Westport around 12.30am.