Rob Kidd

The driver of a car which crashed near Waikouaiti killing a mum of five was earlier seen passing on double yellow lines into the path of an oncoming truck, police say.

The case of two overseas nationals who allegedly came to New Zealand in a bid to retrieve 91kg of cocaine looks set to go to the High Court.

The case of two overseas nationals who allegedly came to New Zealand in a bid to retrieve 91kg of cocaine looks set to go to the High Court.

A former Corrections officer says staff at the Otago Corrections Facility were not equipped to deal with prisoners with mental health issues.

Prisoners say they requested a "mentally unwell" fellow inmate be removed from their wing just days before an assault which led to his death.

A Dunedin 18-year-old charged with murdering a woman has had his name suppressed.

A coronial inquiry has been shown graphic footage of a prisoner being knocked out, an assault which led to his death 14 months later.

A coronial inquiry has been shown graphic footage of a prisoner being knocked out - an assault which led to his death 14 months later.

A Dunedin 18-year-old charged with murdering a woman has had his name suppressed.

A Central Otago teenager who drowned in her bath was huffing butane at the time, a coroner has found.