A Dunedin man who broke into his ex-partner's home in the middle of the night because he "wanted cuddles'' punched her 15 times after she rejected his advances, a court has heard.
A Dunedin artist made a perilous 20km drive with a bottle of vodka, stopped at a bar to order a beer then curled up on the ground in the foetal position.
A list of the world's most ''luxurious'' prisons which is doing the rounds has a surprise inclusion - the Otago Corrections Facility, known to locals as ''the Milton Hilton''.