A 6-year-old girl was at the centre of an emergency call-out in Queenstown yesterday after she made a hoax call claiming her mother was dead and the house was on fire.
Acting Sergeant Phil Hamlin said emergency services responded about 5pm, following claims about "all sorts of things".
Police spoke to the 6-year-old and her mother, who was on a phone in another room at the time of the hoax call.
Police were likely to visit local schools to offer a "refresher course" on 111 calls, he said.
