Select news type

All News National District

Southern news

Scan the latest Police news and information about your district.

Home > News > District news > Southern

Subscribe

Show filters

Police Hat Close Up
26 Jun 2025 4:49pm News:
Southern

More drugs off southern streets

Southland Police is continuing to shut down drug dealers’ operations as part of an ongoing investigation. Just this week, an Invercargill woman was visited by the Southland Police Organised ... More

1 min read
Media release - name release
25 Jun 2025 11:08am News:
Southern

Name release, fatal crash, Millers Flat, Otago

Name release, Millers Flat, Otago Police can now release the name of the woman who died following a crash on farmland at Millers Flat, Central Otago. She was 41-year-old Kirsty Marie ... More

1 min read
Media release - fatal crash
20 Jun 2025 1:51pm News:
Southern

Fatal Crash, Millers Flat

A person has died after a single-vehicle crash on a farm near Millers Flat, Central Otago, overnight. Emergency services were called to the property about 10pm after a vehicle rolled. ... More

1 min read
Police car light bay at daytime
13 Jun 2025 5:13pm News:
Southern

Police statement - Coroner's findings in Lachie Jones death

Please attribute to Assistant Commissioner Mike Johnson: Police acknowledge the findings by the coroner into the tragic death of three-year-old Lachie Jones who was found ... More

1 min read
Police tape
13 Jun 2025 4:44pm News:
Southern

Ten arrested and charged after search warrants in Southland

Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Baird, Ten people have been arrested and are facing over 70 drug charges following a series of search warrants in Southland and Otago this ... More

1 min read
Firearms seized
13 Jun 2025 1:06pm News:
Southern

Hundreds of firearms seized from Gore property

The shocking discovery is believed to be one of New Zealand’s largest seizures of weaponry. More

3 min read

District map & contacts

Find district information including a map with area and district boundaries, and key contacts.

Traffic alerts

Updates about local and national traffic issues.