The legal community is reeling following the deaths of three respected District Court judges within a single week.
Acting warranted Judge Jocelyn Munro of Rotorua,...
Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark's use of the 'n-word' in an interview on New Zealand Today has ruffled feathers.
Clark's comments were criticised by Councillor Ria...
Police investigating the arson of a Waikaia property have identified one of the vehicles previously sought, along with further offending potentially linked.
Prior to the...
Police investigating a suspicious house fire in Waikaia are seeking sightings of two vehicles of interest.
Emergency services were called to the Elswick Street property...
Police are investigating a suspicious house fire that occurred early on Wednesday morning on Elswick Street in Waikaia.
Emergency services were called just after midnight.
'Thankfully...
Police investigating a fatal crash in Invercargill on Monday want to speak with any witnesses to the crash.
The crash occurred on the Bluff Highway,...
Police updates on crimes and investigations for 6 February 2024.
Fatal crash, Alfredton
Police can advise one person has died following a crash involving a motorcycle...
Winton Police are continuing to investigate following a serious crash on State Highway 6 in the Winton township yesterday afternoon.
One person was transported to...
Invercargill Police are wanting to speak to anybody who has information on flares that were let off last night.
Shortly before 10pm, Police received reports...
Police updates on crimes and investigations for 23 November 2023.
Update: Serious crash, Wyndham Road, Tuturau
Police can advise that one person has died following a...
Over recent months Police have noted a sharp increase in the number of motor vehicles being stolen in Invercargill and throughout Southland.
Vehicles targeted are...
Police are making enquiries after a man was injured during a firearms incident in Mavora Crescent, Heidelberg, late last night.
Emergency services were called to...
Police updates on crimes and investigations for 29 July 2023.
Update: Search for person, Kinloch, Taupo
Police continued the search for Missing woman Jan-Marie Burton yesterday...
Searchers have been out overnight in the Mavora Lakes area in Southland, after two children failed to return from a bush walk yesterday afternoon.
At...
At least 20 people have been arrested and 85 charges filed in Operation Pakari, a Southland-based termination focused on violent offending.
There have been 20...
Emergency services are currently in attendance on SH1 near Nicholson Road, Brydone, Southland, after milk has spilled from a tanker.
The road is expected to...
Invercargill Police have today arrested two people in relation to a firearms incident this week.
About 11pm on Wednesday, Police received a report that a...
Kiwi activist, scholar, mum, farmer and, most recently, councillor for Southland, Jaspreet Boparai has lived with her young family in New Zealand for 14...
One person has died in a single car crash in Southland overnight.
Emergency services were called to North Makarewa Grove Bush Road near the intersection...
One person has died following an earlier two-vehicle crash on Main Street, Mataura.
The incident occurred near the intersection with Cardigan Bay Road at around...
Police are seeking witnesses to, or anyone who may have footage of, a suspicious fire at the Cook Islands Christian Church in Invercargill today.
Police...
A 54-year-old Tuatapere resident has been charged with Criminal Damage, relating to the deliberate poisoning of more than 200 trees in a public reserve.
The...
Updates on crimes and investigations for 2 February 2023.
Name release – fatal crash, Dipton Winton Highway
Police can now confirm the name of the person...
Invercargill Police are appealing for witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Invercargill last night.
About 9.10pm on 30th January, 2023, an offender entered the On...
Invercargill Police will proceed with a homicide investigation after a woman, who was seriously assaulted earlier this month, died overnight in Christchurch Hospital.
Police were...
Updates on crimes and investigations for 28 December 2022.
Person dies following Edendale, Southland crash
Police can confirm a man has died following a single-vehicle road...