I hope you all enjoyed the week that was and are looking forward to autumn while still enjoying the produce of our summer gardens.

As we move into autumn it is a good time to ensure our vehicles are ready for the more changeable conditions ahead. I have noted during my vehicle stops in the last weeks many vehicles that are long overdue for the warrant of fitness checks. Please book your vehicles in and get this done.

We have also moved back to alert level 2 in relation to Covid 19, please follow the requirements to ensure we keep this virus limited and at bay until the safety of a vaccine is more readily available to all.

The week of policing has been varied with three persons apprehended with very high levels of excess breath alcohol and one person issued a fine and demerit points for a lower level drink driving. Think of the safety of others and plan not to drive before you consume any alcohol.

On Tuesday we received a report of theft from a car at Fantail Falls, please ensure you try not to leave valuables visible in parked unattended vehicles.

On Wednesday police dealt with a crash on the control structure at Lake Hāwea.

Thursday saw police deal with a water rescue from the Hāwea river. The kayaker survived as he had wisely chosen to wear a life jacket. His kayak however was last seen heading down stream at a rapid rate of knots.

We also apprehended a male for dangerous driving after he chose to drive a drift trike around the streets of Wanaka. Thank you to the members of the public who reported the erratic driving. The trike has been impounded.

Saturday saw a dead sheep delivered to the police station; please do not deliver anymore as we do not book them into lost property. Leave them near where you find them and we will arrange to have them removed by the necessary persons responsible, just write down or photograph the ear tag number. At least the flies followed the sheep away from the station.

With regard to other lost property our watchhouse officers would like to reunite two different hearing aids with their owners, so if you have lost such an item please come and check with us.

Keep well and try to obey the law and not let the fun you are trying to have interfere with the peace of others.