Three 15-year-old Timaru youths who allegedly tried to evade police near Middlemarch for nearly six hours on Tuesday were remanded without plea into Child, Youth and Family custody when they appeared in court in Dunedin yesterday.
A Hamilton woman who left her two toddlers at home alone in squalid conditions while she went out is facing charges of abandoning her children.
A woman left her 3-week-old daughter sleeping in an unlocked car for five hours while she was at a nearby house neighbours say is notorious for parties.
Police say a 13-year-old boy has been referred to Child, Youth and Family (CYF) after a baby girl received critical head and chest injuries in Invercargill earlier this week.
