Criminals infiltrate rural area
Criminals infiltrate rural area
Police in rural areas around Dunedin are warning property owners to be careful about choosing tenants after increasing problems with criminal activity at rental properties.
Debbie Porteous
Kings pupils told: no retribution
Kings pupils told: no retribution
Kings High School pupils have been told there is to be no retribution for a fight on Wednesday in which a schoolmate was beaten by three Otago Boys High School pupils visiting Kings with a choir.
Violent crime rising in South
Violent crime rising in South
Violent crime continues to rise in the South, driven by alcohol-fuelled assaults in Queenstown and increased reporting of family violence.
Chin, Cairns calls precede pull-out
Chin, Cairns calls precede pull-out
Environment Southland chairman Stuart Collie has confirmed he received calls from Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin and Otago Regional Council chairman Stephen Cairns last week, just days before he announced his chief executive had pulled out of speaking at this week's Stop the Stadium meeting.
Baby born on way to hospital
Baby born on way to hospital
A baby girl was born in an ambulance several hundred metres short of Dunedin Hospital yesterday.
Almost 300 police caught speeding
Almost 300 police caught speeding
Almost 300 police officers a year are booked for speeding while on the job, without any evidence they are responding to an emergency.
Rebuff irks emergency text patentee
Rebuff irks emergency text patentee
A Dunedin man who has battled for four years to have his emergency texting system invention used is disappointed that police did not let him know before asking potential suppliers to cost it.
Police won't review toga footage
Police won't review toga footage
Police are unlikely to review footage from Tuesday's toga parade because experience has proven it is not a particularly useful exercise.
Students, gangs on Collins' agenda in city
Students, gangs on Collins' agenda in city
Police, Corrections and Veterans Affairs Minister Judith Collins visited Montecillo Veterans Home and Hospital in Dunedin yesterday and had a cup of tea with some of the residents.
Freshers 'appalled' by toga violence
Freshers 'appalled' by toga violence
A group of first-year university students who took part in Tuesday's toga parade say they tolerated violence from others during the event because they "thought it was the tradition and that it was exactly how it usually was".
Failed internet romance a German media sensation
Failed internet romance a German media sensation
German news agencies are scrambling for details of the failed internet romance of a German woman and a Dunedin man after it was discovered the woman is the daughter of a celebrated German painter.
Tourists trapped by rising water rescued
Tourists trapped by rising water rescued
The Austrian tourists trapped by rising waters outside a reserve in Trotters Gorge near Palmerston were this afternoon rescued by locals using 4WD vehicles.
Cook cancellation no deterrent
Cook cancellation no deterrent
Cancellation of the Cookathon did not stop about two hundred students lining up outside the Captain Cook Tavern's doors at 8.30am today - and many had already been drinking.
WOF no guarantee, say family
WOF no guarantee, say family
A Dunedin couple are warning a warrant of fitness may not necessarily mean a vehicle is safe after it was found the seatbelt they had used to strap in their now 9-month-old daughter for five months was attached to their car by only a sliver of rusted metal.
Student quarter quiet
Student quarter quiet
Constant rain may have contributed to a quiet weekend in Dunedin's student quarter, police say.
WOF no guarantee of safety,family says
WOF no guarantee of safety,family says
A Dunedin couple are warning a warrant of fitness may not necessarily mean a vehicle is safe after it was found the seatbelt they had used to strap in their now 9-month-old daughter for five months was attached to their car by only a sliver of rusted metal.
Liquor sellers dissociate from disorder
Liquor sellers dissociate from disorder
As Dunedin prepares for another Orientation week, the usual tut-tutting will no doubt follow the inevitable drunken escapades of some students. Debbie Porteous looks at the issue of the responsibility of other players.
Gang activity rising - police
Gang activity rising - police
Dunedin police have arrested four gang members in the past week and say more arrests are imminent as gang activity in the city escalates.
Be wary of liaisons post-internet
Be wary of liaisons post-internet
Cyber safety organisation Netsafe says people should look out for themselves when meeting for the first time someone they have befriended on the internet - especially if they have travelled across the world to do so.
GPS beacon on rescued Mosgiel hunter's shopping list
GPS beacon on rescued Mosgiel hunter's shopping list
As soon as he can walk without crutches, Mosgiel hunter Ken McFarlane says he plans to buy a GPS locator beacon after a hunting trip turned in to a painful four-hour wait while rescuers tried to locate him.