A woman who called police for a lift home after drinking and smoking weed was one of a raft of lockdown breachers caught by police over the weekend. Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen said at 10pm on Sunday, a 48-year-old woman called police from Port Chalmers a number of times, not making much sense. On Sunday morning, a 53-year-old man driving a camper van was stopped in the Caversham bypass of the Southern Motorway. One man who had been renovating his rental property in Dunedin before returning to Port Chalmers initially denied breaching the rules, but "the fresh paint gave away the ruse". And one man who had previously been issued with an infringement notice for breaching lockdown was caught again at another checkpoint.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 29, 2021 22:18 UTC