George Block

Times are tough for Dunedin dairy owners. Haunted by the spectre of armed robbery and faced with gruelling hours and ever-tightening margins, some are calling it quits. George Block reports.

Three teenagers are marched into the Dunedin Central police station after allegedly vandalising an abandoned office building yesterday.

A raid involving armed police in Ocean Grove has led to the arrests of three people in relation to the recent spate of armed robberies at Dunedin dairies.

Police have arrested three people in relation to the recent string of aggravated robberies targeting Dunedin dairies following a raid in Ocean Grove today.

Police are investigating after a body was found in a central Dunedin home early today.

The armed offenders squad descended on the Dunedin suburb of Tomahawk this afternoon while executing a raid on a property in the area. 

Fire crews were called to a fire in a coffee roaster in Mornington this morning.

North Dunedin was the scene of a road-rage incident yesterday, when a motorist rammed another man's vehicle, before tearing the other driver's T-shirt during an altercation.

Kendrick Lamar's concert was a relatively quiet night out for Dunedin police, but they were kept busy elsewhere in the city.

A car carrying a family of refugees from Syria collided with another vehicle driven by a young man in South Dunedin yesterday.

A St Kilda dairy owner says her store is no longer worth the risk and she is selling, as a pair of masked robbers continue to target Dunedin dairies and evade police.

Dunedin police were kept busy at the weekend with reports of burglary, break-ins and vandalism.

A Dunedin primary school principal is applauding the actions of a quick-thinking cleaner who helped prevent their hall going up in flames yesterday afternoon.

Dunedin police say they will be stepping up patrols to target anyone drink-driving home from end-of-season sporting group break-ups after 13 intoxicated drivers were apprehended this past weekend.

A pair of masked thieves targeting tobacco at Dunedin dairies may have struck again in St Kilda - and they remain at large.

Police have criticised  a man who filmed himself driving at speeds of up to 160kmh and then  posted the footage on social media.

A fire investigator is urging homeowners to check their chimneys after a fire that significantly damaged a Southland home last week.

The Dunedin City Council is applauding the actions of members of the public who helped clean up a big spill of bean bag beans in St Kilda yesterday.

A Dunedin writer whose wheelie bin went up in a puff of acrid smoke is warning others not to repeat his decision to dispose of fireplace ash in a plastic container.