Police

A person has been taken to Southland hospital with very serious injuries after the motorcycle they were riding collided with the airport overbridge on Tweed Street in Invercargill about 3.30am this morning (Sunday 16th Oct). The motorcycle burst into flames after the collision. The road was closed f

Invercargill Police have arrested three gang members as part of Operation Cobalt – a national operation aimed at disrupting gang activity. The three were arrested as a result of enquiries following an earlier fleeing driver incident when police attempted to stop their car in Invercargill on Thursday

Invercargill Police have arrested an 18-year-old man following a disorder incident at a property on Steel Road, Lorneville, on Friday night. One person was transported to hospital in a critical condition and two others sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The parties involved are understood to b

A man has come forward in the investigation of a serious hit-and-run incident in Invercargill on Sunday morning (25 September 2022). A 19-year-old male was struck by a vehicle about 6:15am on Marama Avenue South, in Otatara. “A man has presented himself to Police and is helping us with our enquiries

Police are continuing to investigate a serious hit and run incident in Invercargill on Sunday morning (25 September 2022). A 19-year-old male was struck by a vehicle around 6:15am on Marama Avenue South in Otatara. He remains in Dunedin Hospital in a serious condition and we are working to support h

Police are appealing for assistance to locate the vehicle involved in a hit and run in Invercargill in the early hours of this morning (Sunday 25th September). A man was struck by a vehicle around 6:15am on Marama Avenue South in Otatara and remains in hospital in a serious condition. Police urge an

Police are renewing an appeal for information from the public regarding a case in Mataura five years ago where a man was seriously injured after an assault in his home. Officers were called to Main Street, Mataura, about 10pm on Saturday 17 June, 2017, after an offender reportedly entered the man’s

New $300,000 CCTV technology should be installed into Invercargill City centre within 11 months. A project manager has been appointed and a review of all existing council technology completed, with the next steps to find out exactly where to locate it, the Infrastructure and Services Committee heard