Rob Kidd

The parents of a lethargic 15-year-old have each been fined $50 for their failure to get him out of bed and into school.

Former jail-house lawyer Arthur Taylor has spent six months in Dunedin since being released on parole. But the honeymoon might soon be over as he eyes a move north. Rob Kidd reports.

A Dunedin drug dealer sold more than $50,000 of ecstasy in less than four months, a court has heard.

A Central Otago molester has dodged a prison sentence despite it being his second sex crime.

The mother of a girl abused by a South Otago man says she forgives him but will not forget.

A Central Otago molester has dodged a prison sentence despite it being his second sex crime.

An international rugby player accused of beating his teammate will stand trial next year.

A man acquitted of sex charges is back in court, now fighting to recoup some of the cost of clearing his name.

Dunedin: city of romance. Well, city of romance readers at least.

About one person a month is trespassed from Dunedin libraries, figures show.

A Balclutha man died after the truck he crashed had been overloaded because of a "rule of thumb" his colleagues had relied on, a court has heard.

A Dunedin man arrested in a major national drug bust was allegedly one of 19 people supplying P and laundering money.

A Dunedin man arrested in a major national drug bust was allegedly one of 19 people supplying P and laundering money.

A French couple who took revenge against a drug dealer who ripped them off in Dunedin will go home only after serving their sentences.

A Milton man head-butted his partner, ripped off her clothes, leaving her topless, and was then pepper-sprayed into submission, a court heard.

Over four years, Angela Rachel Ashton received benefit payments of more than $72,000, all on the basis she was single.

A Dunedin man who viciously beat his partner then urinated on her bed has been denied parole.

A drunken rap recital has ended in both the late-night lyricist and his partner ending up with convictions.

A Dunedin chef who imported more than $150,000 of ecstasy through the Dark Web says he did it solely to solve his financial woes.