George Block

A Dunedin snow and water sports shop was burgled at the weekend after the offenders cut through a window pane in the front door.

Southern District Police have sounded the alarm after numerous reports today of scam calls alleging people in the region are under investigation by Inland Revenue.

Two Dunedin teenagers lost almost $600 in cash when their Helensburgh home was burgled last week.

A police raid in Mornington this morning involving the Armed Offenders Squad has failed to yield any arrests.

A motorcyclist sustained injuries including broken bones in a crash with a car near Glenavy, north of Oamaru, this morning.

A new police officer for the Otago Peninsula should be in the role by next month.

The Dunedin City Council has apologised for delays to drainage work that led to an Otago Peninsula home flooding for the 10th time after heavy rain on Sunday.

As dawn breaks over the Taieri Plain tomorrow, Lee Sutherland will be poised in a mai mai, waiting for any ducks unlucky enough to cross his view.

Fire crews were called to deal with a flaming clothes dryer in Mosgiel this afternoon.

Police are investigating two break-ins of varying success in Mosgiel last night.

A motorist ran several red lights in Dunedin late last night while being pursued by police from Andersons Bay.

A driver sustained minor injuries when their car hit a parked vehicle and rolled on to its roof in Dunedin's hill suburbs yesterday evening.

An 85-year-old woman with two children in her car sustained minor injuries after crashing into a garage door in Mosgiel yesterday afternoon.

An investigation into the January shootings of livestock at five farms near Taieri Mouth and Beaumont has yet to result in any arrests.

The weather forecast for the opening of duck-shooting season this weekend is good news for the region's game birds.

A Balclutha woman awoke today to find her lounge window had been cut open.