George Block

A Vietnamese school pupil who fell in love with rugby soon after she landed in Dunedin will be holding a flag on the field at the final All Blacks v France test on Saturday night.

A man wanted for a string of burglaries and who was believed to be actively offending in Dunedin has been apprehended.

Fire crews were called to the New Zealand Insurance building in central Dunedin just before noon today after reports of a strong acrid burning smell.

Emergency services attended reports of a skydiving accident in Queenstown early this afternoon.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) is urging people to take care using their clothes dryer following a laundry fire in Dunedin.

A truck driver travelling on the wrong side of the road on the Kilmog was stopped and the driver warned by police yesterday afternoon.

Plans for a cycleway eventually linking Dunedin and Mosgiel are back on track after KiwiRail and the trust driving the trail arrived at a middle-ground solution on safe clearance.

In the wake of the brazen burglary of a jet ski from outside her home, a Dunedin woman is asking for its return, no questions asked.

An arborist trims the last of eight Lombardy poplars at the request of telecommunications company Kordia, which owns the transmission tower near Anzac Ave.

Fire crews from Dunedin Central station were called just up the road to the Dunedin Energy Centre yesterday morning after reports of a burning smell coming from one of its walls.

Fire crews were called out to the Dunedin Energy Centre this morning after reports of a burning smell coming from one of the walls.

Police are applauding the actions of two crew members of a fishing vessel who rushed to the aid of a sailor floating in Otago Harbour.

The family of Oliver Beaumont, who was mauled by two Rottweilers in Winton on Sunday, say they are happy the dogs have been put down.

A cold and wet start to winter has failed to deter Dunedin burglars, as a man wanted for in a string of break-ins remains at large in South Dunedin.