Editing South Island (section)

===Law enforcement===

====Police====

[[File:Dunedin Central Police station.jpg|thumb|Dunedin Central Police station]]
[[File:NZ Police Mitsubishi Diamante in Dunedin.jpg|thumb|NZ Police [[Mitsubishi Diamante]] in Dunedin]]

The [[New Zealand Police]] is the primary [[law enforcement agency]] of New Zealand, including the South Island. Three [[decentralised]] Police Districts cover the entire South Island, with each being commanded by a [[Superintendent (police)|Superintendent]] and having a central station from which subsidiary and suburban stations are managed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.police.govt.nz/district/index.html |title=New Zealand Police Districts |publisher=Police.govt.nz |access-date=12 November 2010 }}</ref> The Christchurch Police Communications Centre handles all emergency and general calls within the South Island.

The Tasman Police District covers 70,000&nbsp;kilometres{{clarify|date=August 2021 |reason=Why is this units of length? Should it be units of area?}} of territory, encompassing the northern and most of the western portion of the South Island. The West Coast alone spans the distance between [[Wellington]] and [[Auckland]]. There are 22 police stations in the Tasman District, with 6 being sole-charge – or one-person – stations. The Tasman Police District has a total of 302 sworn police officers and 57 civilian or nonsworn staff. Organisationally, the district has its headquarters in [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] and has three distinct Areas, each headed by an [[Inspector]] as its commander. The areas are [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson Bays]], [[West Coast, New Zealand|West Coast]] and [[Marlborough Region|Marlborough]].

The Canterbury Police District is based in [[Christchurch]] the largest city in the South Island and covers an area extending from the [[Conway River, New Zealand|Conway River]], (just south of [[Kaikōura]]), to the [[Waitaki River]], south of [[Timaru]].

The Southern Police District with its headquarters in [[Dunedin]] spans from [[Oamaru]] in the North through to [[Stewart Island]] in the far South covers the largest geographical area of any of the 12 police districts in New Zealand. The Southern District has three distinct Areas headed by Inspectors; Otago Rural, Southland and Dunedin.

====Correctional facilities====
Correctional facilities in the South Island are operated by the [[Department of Corrections (New Zealand)|Department of Corrections]] as part of the South Island Prison Region. [[Christchurch Prison]], also known as Paparua, is located in [[Templeton, New Zealand|Templeton]] a satellite town of [[Christchurch]]. It accommodates up to 780 minimum, medium, and high-security male prisoners. It was built in 1925, and also includes a youth unit, a self-care unit and the ''Paparua Remand Centre'' (PRC), built in 1999 to replace the old ''Addington Prison''. Christchurch Women's Prison, also located in [[Templeton, New Zealand|Templeton]], is a facility for women of all security classifications. It has the only maximum/medium security accommodation for women prisoners in New Zealand. It can accommodate up to 98 prisoners.

Rolleston prison is located in [[Rolleston, New Zealand|Rolleston]], another satellite town of [[Christchurch]]. It accommodates around 320 male prisoners of minimum to low-medium security classifications and includes ''Kia Marama'' a sixty-bed unit that provides an intensive 9-month treatment programme for male child sex offenders. Invercargill Prison, in [[Invercargill]], accommodates up to 172 minimum to low-medium security prisoners. Otago Corrections Facility is located near [[Milton, New Zealand|Milton]] and houses up to 335 minimum to high-medium security male prisoners.

==== Customs service ====
The [[New Zealand Customs Service]] whose role is to provide [[border control]] and protect the community from potential risks arising from [[international trade]] and travel, as well as collecting [[tariff|duties]] and taxes on imports to the country, has offices at [[Christchurch International Airport]], [[Dunedin]], [[Invercargill]], [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]] and [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.customs.govt.nz/contactUs.htm#paraTitle02 |title=Customs Service Offices – New Zealand |publisher=Customs.govt.nz |access-date=12 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604223355/http://www.customs.govt.nz/contactUs.htm#paraTitle02 |archive-date=4 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>