Laine Priestley

A horrified mother says a group of first-year University of Otago students were forced to bite off the legs of live ducks as part of a "sick and twisted" Dunedin flat initiation.

A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in South Dunedin.

A Facebook marketplace sale turned ugly when the buyer and seller deliberately rammed each other in a Green Island car park yesterday, witnesses say.

The University of Otago has informed police as it investigates a "traumatic" flat initiation involving a live eel.

The University of Otago has informed police as it investigates a "traumatic" flat initiation involving a live eel.

Electricity company staff worked around the clock to restore power after high winds on Monday brought down lines across the South.

Police speak to one of two youths reported to be brandishing a gun on a Dunedin rooftop yesterday.

Emergency services attend the scene where a ute crashed over a bank near Upper Junction yesterday morning.

Passersby received a shock after seeing a pair of youths brandishing what looked like a gun on a Dunedin rooftop today.

As voting season started, a steady stream of students made their way to voting booths set up at the University of Otago Link building yesterday.

Lego sculptures in the Edgar Centre left children and adults wide-eyed with wonder at the Dunedin Brick Show over the weekend.

The much-missed soft plastic recycling scheme has returned to Dunedin and Mosgiel.

Getting more women on their bikes is a passion for workers at a central Dunedin bike store.