The New Zealand Police want New Zealand to be the safest country in the world.
New Zealand Police works with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 12,000 staff, they provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. They operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.
The functions of Police include:
- keeping the peace
- maintaining public safety
- law enforcement
- crime prevention
- community support and reassurance
- national security
- participation in policing activities outside New Zealand
- emergency management.
If you are new to New Zealand, the Police provide online information (link to external website, new window) about:
- Police services
- communicating with the Police
- your rights with the Police
- keeping yourself safe
- driving in New Zealand
- contacting your local Ethnic Liaison Officer (link to external website, new window).
Contact details
For emergencies or if you feel unsafe, please phone 111 immediately.
For non-emergency Police situations (link to external website, new window) or to report things that have already happened that don’t need urgent Police assistance, please phone 105.
For all other enquiries, the Dunedin Central Police Station phone number is 03 471 4800.