Laine Priestley

It has been a long time coming. After six years of competing in the Junior Young Farmers of the Year competition, South Otago twins Zoe and Millar McElrea have finally taken the top prize.

An elderly driver crashed into her friend after getting her brake and accelerator mixed up in the Dunedin suburb of Caversham.

A two-vehicle crash ended ended with one of them crashing through a fence in a Dunedin suburb this afternoon.

A pedestrian has come away with minor injuries after being hit by a vehicle in central Dunedin today. 

Allegedly bringing a bayonet to the Dunedin District Court at the weekend was not the sharpest decision.

Two alleged drink-drivers were caught by police after swerving over central city streets at the weekend.

A central Dunedin street race between a pair of teenage drivers ended when one of the vehicles flipped on to its roof, police say.

Two teenagers at the scene of a Dunedin crash denied being the drivers of the vehicle, despite one having a cut on his head.

A driver crashed into a parked trailer and sent it flying through a fence before fleeing officers in South Dunedin, police said.

A sticky-fingered young person was allegedly caught with a backpack full of chocolate at a central Dunedin supermarket.

The Bluff Highway (SH1) has reopened after a truck rolled earlier this afternoon, blocking traffic in both directions.

A man is in custody after police arrested him with a dozen bank cards, mail, keys, bags and clothing that did not belong to him.

Police have taken a man into custody following a short lived pursuit through Wakari this afternoon.

An 18-year-old motorcyclist has been taken to Dunedin Hospital with minor injuries after being hit by a car.

A kitchen fire in Mosgiel was brought under control quickly last night.

Drink-drivers and police checkpoint avoiders kept Dunedin police busy over the weekend.