A bulldozer was used to smash through a gate into a Northland forestry block. Sometime over the weekend police say people have climbed a fence into a forestry area on Haast and Nichols Rds, near Mamaranui, Dargaville.
They have walked about 2km and have fired up a Cat 527 track bulldozer to smash through a gate into the block. The bulldozer was then abandoned.
Meanwhile, a 7 tonne 1981 Takeuchi excavator was stolen from a property in Valley View Rd, Otaika, Whangarei. The theft was reported to police at 2.45pm on Monday.