Police attended seven family harm incidents and one mental health callout.
July 30: Police stopped a vehicle outside the Ōtorohanga Police Station. The driver will be charged with failing to wear a seat belt and driving while suspended.
Overnight, between July 30 and 31, A car was stolen from a driveway on Te Kawa St. The vehicle was recovered on August 4 on Waitomo Village Rd.
July 31: At about 8.53am, in Ōtorohanga Rd, police stopped a car whose 31-year-old female driver had an outstanding warrant out for her arrest. She had also been driving while disqualified. At about 10.30am a woman was reported to have stolen tops with a combined value of $289, from a shop in Te Kanawa St.
August 1: Police stopped two vehicles in Maniapoto St and one vehicle in Ballance St and charged their drivers with drink driving offences.
Police attended on family harm incident.
Police attended one family harm/mental health incident.
Police attended two family harm incidents.
July 30: At about 3pm a vehicle was seen at Te Kūiti and its driver recognised as having a suspended licence. He was located by police after parking in a driveway.
Overnight from July 30 to 31, thieves smashed a window and attempted to steal a car from an address on Rimu St. A steering lock bar is thought to have prevented the theft.
July 31: At about 2.16am on Carroll St police did traffic control while fire fighters put out a fire which destroyed the trailer unit of a NZ Post truck.
Between 2.30am and 6.30am a car was stolen from the driveway of a house in Anzac St. The vehicle is still missing. At about 11.49am police stopped a car on Te Kumi Rd and processed its female driver for drink driving.
A pedestrian was shaken but not seriously injured after being hit by a car on Rora St, near the NZ Post building on August 2. The pedestrian, who had been wearing headphones, crossed the road directly into the path of northbound vehicle at about 8.55am, Sergeant Jimmie Walker of the Ōtorohanga Police said.
At about the same time a car was reported to been seen driving along Rora St in a loud and aggressive manner. Several infringement notices were issued to the driver, including one for having no driver’s licence.
August 3: At about 8.30pm a vehicle was reported stolen from a driveway in Hill St. The vehicle was seen in the early hours of August 4 doing burnouts at several locations in Te Kūiti. The vehicle is still missing.
August 4: At about 2.30am a commercial address in Waitomo Village Rd was broken into and around $3000 of alcohol and cash tills were stolen.
August 2: At 9.35pm Piopio and Te Kūiti fire brigades were called to Vector Gas Building, at Māhoenui, after an automatic fire alarm was triggered. Fire fighters from both brigades made an extensive inspection of the site but no cause could be established.
August 5: At 11.39am the Te Kūiti brigade was called to a small fire at the William St Landfill. The fire was centred in the pit area where the rubbish is dumped. A high pressure deliver yhose was used to put the fire out, but once again the cause was unknown.
