George Block

Dunedin fire crews attended their second stove-top kitchen fire in a week on Thursday evening.

A recent spate of burglaries set southern nerves on edge. While the number of break-ins has recently fallen, their resolution rate makes grim reading. George Block reports.

At least eight fire crews converged on a burning house  in Southland yesterday morning.

Eight fire crews converged on a house engulfed in flames in Southland this morning.

Dunedin  fire crews attended their second stovetop kitchen fire in a week yesterday.

Emergency services and some quick-thinking linemen rushed to the scene of a crash where a car had knocked a power pole out of the ground in St Kilda yesterday afternoon.

Worksafe has decided against investigating an incident where a Downer worker was seriously injured after being trapped in a ditch by a vehicle.

Police are still searching for the offenders who carried out an assault at Burger King after a car swap deal went wrong.

A Dunedin recidivist drink-driver and alcohol abuse experts say they support the Government's move to make in-car breathalysers mandatory for serious and repeat offenders.

Emergency services were called after a car crashed into the median barrier on an off-ramp from Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

The Acting Prime Minister has asked Kiwibank to reconsider its plans to close four branches in Dunedin and Mosgiel shared with NZ Post.

The discovery of a  large  haul of stolen property in a police raid on a Brockville home has spurred a burglary report from a Dunedin resident hopeful their stolen goods were found.

A Ralph Hotere original artwork has been withdrawn from today’s Fortune Theatre clearance auction in mysterious circumstances.

Police were called to the car park of a Dunedin bottle shop yesterday after a man who could barely walk was seen attempting to drive a car.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) is urging people to be cautious in the kitchen after a stovetop fire resulted in a Dunedin resident requiring treatment from St John for smoke inhalation...

Some six-legged stowaways from Australia resulted in significant delays for an aircraft and its passengers at Queenstown Airport yesterday.