Timothy Brown

A mentally unwell prisoner was restrained with his hands behind his back  for 21 hours a day for 10 weeks in Otago Corrections Facility, a report from the Ombudsman has revealed.

An octogenerian was taken to hospital after his car ran into a fence  and a piece of wooden paling smashed through his windscreen and hit his face.

A 14-year-old spent Monday night  in a police cell after a social worker dropped him at an address frequented by a Mongrel Mob associate instead of taking him to a motel.

Police are warning City Rise residents to be vigilant after a spate of thefts in the area.

Dunedin Central police station has gone to the dogs with the police dog section back to full strength.

A Dunedin shark cage diving operator says he will operate without a permit from today if the Department of Conservation cannot get itself sorted.

A driver who was thrown from his ute as it rolled near Clinton on Sunday remains in hospital.

Police are investigating potential links between a man who was seen performing an indecent act at St Clair Beach and a financial offer made to a young woman in South Dunedin.

Dunedin BMX Club president Simon Heptonstall is fuming after a motorcycle rider tore up the club's track a day after work was completed.

A car thief evaded police by parking in a residential driveway and fleeing through the back yard.

Southern armed offenders squads are facing a record year for call-outs due to the escalating risk posed by illegal firearms and meth use.

A man remains in intensive care after being thrown from his utility vehicle when it rolled near Clinton early yesterday.

Southern police have criticised the level of drink-driving in the district, as it was revealed more than 1000 people were convicted of being drunk behind the wheel during the past financial year.

A 34-year-old man was  arrested following an assault in which a man was thrown through the window of a Corstorphine house last month.

Police say the threats against schools around New Zealand  this week were hoaxes.

Police are investigating after three paramedics were injured in a crash in South Otago yesterday.

Police are refusing to comment further on multiple arsons  in Central Dunedin early on Wednesday.