Hi everyone, hope your week has been well.

Here is what has been going on in the area.

On Monday a burglary report was received. In this burglary an outboard motor was stolen. If you know anything about it or see a motor going for cheap somewhere then please let us know.

There was also a report taken of threatening language and a subsequent trespass.

Tuesday saw a flatting situation deteriorate, as does happen. It resolved itself. Separate from that incident a trespass notice was served as well.

On Wednesday there was a low speed vehicle collision involving a car and a person by the lake front. That individual sustained moderate injuries. Thankfully the driver eventually made themselves known to us and saved us having to track him down.

A group of young teenagers on Thursday evening had their fun cut short and alcohol confiscated.

As we were heading home for the evening, someone thought it was a good idea to drive on the wrong side of the BP roundabout and are now off to court on a drink driving charge.

Another person is also facing court action after doing the right thing in the wrong way - offering to pick someone up and drive them home when over the limit yourself is never a good idea.

You may have noticed a bit of activity around town towards seatbelt and cell phone usage compliance. We will continue to be proactive in this area as it is a major contributing factor to road injury and deaths in New Zealand. We don’t want to have to knock on a loved one’s door to deliver the bad news simply because of that non-emergency call or not being bothered to put a seat belt on because its only down the road.

On a lighter note, I see we took a bit of stick on Facebook for moving vehicles on after parking on the broken yellow lines outside the pie shop in town. It’s not a local two-minute parking zone and there is a large carpark just across the road. It also makes it very difficult at times for people to back out of the legitimate angle parks outside the shop, so please don’t be lazy, walk the extra distance from the carpark to get your pie or ice cream.

On Friday an individual was arrested for a family harm matter. Police also attended another family harm where one of the parties was removed from the address to allow a cooling off period.

Saturday appeared to be a day of rest for offenders, with only lost property reported. There is still a large amount of property at the station from the summer break we would love to re unite with its owners.

Sunday saw a lot of paperwork being caught up on and a few people spoken to about various matters that were outstanding.

Well that’s it for this week, remember we are still in the Red of the traffic light setting so keep up the scanning in, wearing masks and sanitize regularly, we want to keep Omicron out of our area the best we can.