Timothy Brown

Dunedin police are seeking strong action against two repeat offender liquor outlets they say were caught selling alcohol to underage teens.

Police have recalled hundreds of breath testing devices because of a technical issue and it is likely Southern police stations are affected.

Police are seeking the ''senseless'' vandals who pillaged a Dunedin childcare centre.

Police have released the name of a man found dead in a converted shipping container in the Manuka Gorge, near Milton yesterday.

A 10-year-old boy who sustained serious head injuries in an Invercargill schoolyard yesterday is now in an induced coma.

An investigation into a ''tragic incident'' which resulted in serious head injuries to a 10-year-old boy has found no wrongdoing on the part of a 9-year-old boy who was involved.

The two young tourists who died after falling into Lake Tekapo yesterday were travelling with an exchange group from Australia's Monash University.

A ''stupid'' social media hoax could have hampered the search for missing Owaka friends Sam Kopua and Lou Burling, Dunedin MarineSAR says.

A senior police officer reviewing the drunken attack on a Wakari woman considered charging the offender and offering diversion but decided the 21-year-old was unable to form intent due to her drunken state, police emails reveal.

The new Southern police district commander is trading in the hectic pace of international policing for the quieter climes of New Zealand's safest police district.

Police are investigating the burglary of a car wreckers in Kaikorai Valley earlier this week.

When  life gives you lemons, make lemonade, so they say. But what about when life gives you 100ha fires?

Police are yet to establish the source or authenticity of a shooting threat made against the University of Otago.

Hundreds of blackened pine tree trunks stand testament to the destructive power of fire.