George Block

Dunedin fire crews were called to a suspicious fire in Mornington early this morning.

A police officer euthanised a cattle beast in Evansdale yesterday afternoon after it was hit by a train.

A raid on a trailer-sailer yacht and yet another instance of missing garden gear were among the assortment of burglaries and break-ins reported to Southern police this week.

A Dunedin police officer was struck by a courier van while attending a crash yesterday evening.

A Milton couple whose cow was killed in a series of livestock shootings in January have criticised police for a lack of progress on the investigation.

A cyclist  and driver who became embroiled in a violent road rage incident in central Dunedin yesterday morning both reported the incident to police.

Reports of burglaries and break-ins ranging from the bizarre to the mundane continue to roll in to Dunedin police.

Police action against those accused of breaching restraining orders in coastal Otago has reached a record number, but a domestic abuse charity says there is still a way to go.

A helicopter with a monsoon bucket was deployed to battle a scrub fire in Allanton yesterday afternoon.

Ever wondered why the red leaves of the horopito have a hot, peppery taste?

A tourist bus which crashed near Te Anau earlier this year was the same make as those involved in three crashes in the North Island in the past fortnight.

Police are still searching for the man who robbed a Mosgiel bank six months ago.