George Block

Two Lime scooters were flung into the sea in Dunedin in separate incidents at the weekend.

Prisoners and guards are living in fear of gang violence and random attacks at Otago’s prison, and it is only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured or killed, says a man who works at the facility.

A man has been arrested after an 87-year-old Dunedin woman reported several thefts of plants and garden ornaments last month.

Dunedin police have slammed the actions of a group of patched gang members who rode their motorcycles the wrong way up Cumberland St last night.

The community has rallied around the widow and young daughter of a Dunedin cricketer who died suddenly during a match, raising enough money to return his body to India for burial.