Three people were spoken to by police after a report they were trying to scrounge money under false pretences during an open day at Dunedin's mosque in Clyde St yesterday.
Clutha District Council Mayor Bryan Cadogan says gang members from the North Island are being released in the South and then returning to a life of crime.
A former King's High School pupil in Dunedin who was shot in the leg during the Christchurch attacks is now walking with the aid of a frame and determined to be on his feet again soon.
The tour operator whose group was allegedly on a remote Otago station without permission when a crash killed two people is a high-end Queenstown adventure company.
History repeated itself yesterday as two old rivals reached a photo finish in a thrilling conclusion to the Surf to Stadium Fun Run and Walk in Dunedin.
A tour group riding quad bikes in remote Otago high country did not have permission to be on the land where a crash killed two of the party at the weekend, the station owner says.