“Get packages delivered to a place where someone will be home to receive them, or to a work address if you are an essential worker.
“If you do have deliveries made to your home, make sure you're going to be home to sign for them, or have a secure location where they can be left.
“Make sure your delivery instructions are clear and ask for packages not to be placed at your front door, or on top of an apartment building post box.
“If you're not going to be home when the parcel is delivered, arrange to collect your parcel from the depot, or have the parcel redirected to the address of someone you trust.”
Police also urge the public to be smart when disposing of packaging, “so passers-by can't see if you've been buying expensive items”.
“If you see any suspicious activity, such as people loitering around vehicles or looking into car windows, report this behaviour to us,” police said.
They gave as an example, noticing a car following a courier van.
Another thing to watch out for was”an unexpected visitor knocking on your door asking for someone you don't know”.
“Call 111 in an emergency if something is happening right now, illegal or suspicious,” say police.
“If it's already happened you can provide information via the Police non-emergency number — call 105 or go online at 105.police.govt.nz”
