Oscar Francis

There were tears, along with a photo of happier times, at the inquest into the death of a Dunedin man who died of a rare heart condition after being vaccinated for Covid-19.

Countdown is one step closer to rolling out a trial of body cameras but they will not be a silver bullet to solve the increasing amount of abuse hurled at retail workers, a union representative says.

Drivers swerved on a busy Dunedin street as two men attacked a car and confronted its driver in an apparent road-rage incident at the weekend.

Two brothers have found themselves in hot water after a road rage incident in which a driver’s windscreen was broken.

Two brothers have found themselves in hot water after a road rage incident in which a driver’s windscreen was broken in Dunedin, police say.

Mitre 10 MEGA has confirmed a forklift driver has been injured at a store in Oamaru. 

Mitre 10 MEGA has confirmed a forklift driver has been injured at a store in Oamaru. 

A 13-year-old boy saved his younger brother from being swept out to sea in a daring ocean rescue, police say.

A 13-year-old boy saved his younger brother from being swept out to sea in a daring ocean rescue, police say.

A driver with a prosthetic leg slipped on the accelerator, causing a crash with two other cars, police say.

A University of Otago campus has kissed goodbye to coal as part of a push to make the public sector carbon neutral by 2025.

The search for a man overboard off the coast of Otago has been suspended as cold southern waters are expected to have claimed his life.