A teenage girl hid in a public toilet after she was spooked by a man who made ‘‘inappropriate sexual comments'' to her, police say.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull did his part for charity by helping train rural firefighters for the Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge yesterday.
It is unclear whether Dunedin police are still actively investigating an online shooting threat to University of Otago students last year.
Police are speaking to a man they believe made "inappropriate" comments to a 14-year-old girl in central Dunedin today.
Police are seeking witnesses to Saturday's Castle St flat fire.
Police have been unable to locate a man wanted in relation to a robbery three days after he made off on foot with hundreds of dollars of cash.
An 18-year-old woman who claimed to be the victim of an abduction attempt in North Dunedin made the incident up, police say.
The bumbling, "chubby'' thief who robbed a Brighton dairy on Sunday might have thought about robbing the Caversham Dairy half an hour earlier.
Fire escapes were removed last year from a Castle St flat that went up in flames on Saturday, injuring three students.
Three teenagers - two from Dunedin - have appeared in court after allegedly stealing cars, petrol and cash in a South Island joyride.
Dunedin's heart is in for a jump-start after entrepreneurs, business owners and city officials gathered at Meridian mall last night, keen to hear a proposal for a revitalised CBD.
At least 50 vaporisers valued at $2000 have been stolen from a Dunedin store, police say.
A Dunedin mother is "seeing red'' after the cancellation of a secondary school ball after-party that she says had police support until recently.
Strong winds grounded flights and bowled a caravan, and surface flooding affected some areas around Otago as wild weather made its way up the country yesterday.
It's ''too early to say'' whether charges will be laid over a crash south of Dunedin yesterday that left a woman in a critical condition in hospital.
Police have arrested and charged a man in relation to a car stolen in Mulberry Ln, Kaikorai Valley, on Tuesday.
Police have responded to criticism over the time taken to fully reopen the South Dunedin community police station by saying repairs are in "full swing''.
A popular fishing spot, Lake Mahinerangi, could be opened to anglers during the winter season.
A call for volunteers to be part of an Outram emergency response team received great support at a meeting on Tuesday last week.
The mother of murdered Dunedin woman Karen Jacobs thinks it is a "great thing'' her killer will not be walking the streets.