A Police dog unit was hot on the scent of four young males this morning in Miramar, which saw them taken into custody within an hour.

Police were called shortly after 2:10am to reports of multiple alarm activations minutes earlier at a store on Tauhinu Road.

Officers were on scene within five minutes, and upon arrival saw the front door smashed in and a vehicle dumped at the scene.

Another vehicle of interest was subsequently identified on traffic cameras.

Attribute to Detective Sergeant Rebecca Podmore: 

The post-mortem examination for the person who died in Papanui, Christchurch, yesterday has been completed.

Police can confirm that the death was not of a suspicious nature and has been referred to the Coroner.

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Police are investigating two assaults believed to have occurred in Sydenham and are seeking information from the public as part of ongoing enquiries.

On Wednesday 18 March at around 10:15pm, Police were notified of a stabbing at Bradford Park.

The victim was transported to hospital for treatment and was released shortly after.

Enquiries to date indicate a second assault occurred earlier that evening on Colombo Street, just south of Fisher Avenue, at around 9:30pm.

Police believe the two incidents are linked.

Dunedin Southern Motorway, Burnside, has reopened following an incident this morning and Police are now asking the public for information.

At around 10.40am, Police responded to reports that a digger had partially come off the back of a truck and was blocking multiple lanes.

Dunedin Southern Motorway was closed in both directions, between the Main South Road on-ramp and Caversham Valley Road, while the digger was uplifted, and it re-opened around 1.40pm.

Assistant Commissioner Tusha Penny says we are continuing to monitor fuel thefts, and we have started to see an increase in diesel thefts.

Police can now release the name of the woman who died following an e-scooter crash in Twizel on 28 February.

She was Amber Rose Young, 42, from Geraldine.

Our thoughts are with her loved ones during this difficult time.

The death was referred to the Coroner.

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