Rob Kidd

A couple who allegedly kidnapped a man in North Dunedin at the weekend have been bailed and ordered to surrender their passports.

A Central Otago shearer allegedly raped his ex-partner in his cabin after putting their three young children into a vehicle outside.

An  Invercargill supplement company which misrepresented the amount of deer velvet in its product can now be named after nearly three years before the courts.

An Invercargill deer velvet company which misrepresented the amount of the ingredient in its capsules can now be named after nearly three years before the courts.

Rob Kidd reviews Eggshell Skull, by Bri Lee. Published by Allen & Unwin.

Tania Baron still occasionally uses "we" when talking about the police.

Southern prisoners are letting their imaginations soar through a new writing prize.

A Dunedin man who subjected a woman to a brutal attack and then urinated on her bed had recently been released from prison for an almost identical assault.

A Dunedin man who labelled his neighbours ''narks'' and threatened to bury them in his garden has been jailed for 18 months.

A woman whose partner posted ''revenge porn'' on her Facebook page days after giving her a vicious hiding, says she loves him and wants to continue their relationship.

When police questioned a Mosgiel woman about a burglary which scored her more than $25,000 of jewellery, she offered to show them where it was stashed.

A woman who slashed a man's hand open in a vigilante attack has avoided prison because of her lifetime of community service.

The man accused of a service-station attack which left a man fighting for his life can now be named.

A Southland barrister who downed a bottle of spirits, grabbed his fiancee by the hair and slapped her in the face has escaped conviction.

Police have blown the whistle on an award-winning Otago rugby referee after he blew a ''shockingly high'' breath-alcohol level.

A fraudster has had a sex offence wiped from his criminal record after a successful appeal.

A Melbourne Rebels rugby star and the team mate he allegedly attacked may sit down to discuss the incident.

Between 2011 and 2017, Leon Honey had eight jobs.