Roads re-open in Otago after weekend's weather chaos
Road closures were among the disruptions caused by wild weather over the weekend.
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Road closures were among the disruptions caused by wild weather over the weekend.
All southern highways closed by the weekend’s wild weather have now re-opened as the region cleans up from the winter storm. Overnight, several southern hi
Two gang members with a sawn-off shot gun ammunition and cannabis in their vehicle fled police, drove through spikes and into a hospital car park before being arrested, police say.
Some frontline police have been told to “consider necessity of arrests” in some circumstances because one of the country’s largest prisons is nearly full.
Confusion among frontline staff after arrest directive.