Laine Priestley

Southern police officers will be among the first in the country to receive new Tasers.

Two brothers having a night drinking kicked down the door of a house then started fighting each other on the street, police say.

Six people standing around a crashed vehicle early in the morning tried to convince officers they had just come across the crash, police say.

Two brothers having a night on the booze kicked down the door of a house then started fighting each other on the street.

One person has been seriously injured in a quadbike crash in Southland this afternoon.

Two dumpster divers were reprimanded by police for digging for treasure in a Briscoes skip bin last night.

A car fire in the street in Concord is being treated as suspicious.

A convoy of two Subarus, allegedly stolen in Invercargill, was halted after the vehicles were spiked outside Milton and on State Highway 8 — the Manuka Gorge Highway — on Saturday.

A fire in a changing facility at a Dunedin park today is being investigated as arson, police say.

A man who threw his empty beer cans into the picnic area at a Mosgiel park then drove away was carted back by police to clean up the mess he left behind.

Two allegedly stolen Subarus were spiked outside Milton and on the Manuka Gorge Highway on Saturday.

Thunder, lightning, hail and strong winds caused helicopters to be diverted and power cut through Otago at the weekend.