No to Easter bar licences
No to Easter bar licences
Applications from a dozen Dunedin bars for special licences to trade on Good Friday and Easter Sunday have been declined by the Dunedin District Licensing Agency.
Debbie Porteous
Critics appalled by legal aid changes
Critics appalled by legal aid changes
A Legal aid revamp aimed at slashing costs is appalling as it will reduce choice and lower quality of service, critics say.
Judge warns over liquor Bill contents
Judge warns over liquor Bill contents
A former chairman of the Liquor Licensing Authority has told representatives of the Dunedin hospitality industry he can understand why they might be shaking in their boots at the prospect of upcoming liquor reform.
Vigilance helps police
Vigilance helps police
A little help from the neighbours of Port Chalmers School led police to two alleged thieves on Monday.
Truck crash highlights 'frighteningly dangerous' road
Truck crash highlights 'frighteningly dangerous' road
A logging-truck crash on State Highway 88 near Dunedin last week has provoked an angry response from residents and road users.
Brigades burn down house for practice
Brigades burn down house for practice
An empty wooden villa was deliberately set alight in Milton yesterday ... 18 times.
Bar seeks continuation of late hours
Bar seeks continuation of late hours
The Dunedin District Licensing Agency hearings committee is to determine whether a temporary authority will be issued to a central city bar that wishes to continue to stay open to 5am four days a week.
Trio honoured for saving woman
Trio honoured for saving woman
The quick and decisive actions of a Dunedin teenager who jumped into freezing water to save the life of a stranger displayed the sort of selfless attitude communities need in their individuals, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says.
Assaults in Dunedin decrease
Assaults in Dunedin decrease
The downturn in the economy is resulting in fewer assaults in Dunedin, police say.
Driver ducks 3kg flying hunk of metal
Driver ducks 3kg flying hunk of metal
A Dunedin coach driver is thanking his lucky stars he escaped serious injury after a 3kg hunk of metal was torpedoed through his windscreen during an evening run to Dunedin.
High price of vandalism
High price of vandalism
The children who smashed dozens of windows, mirrors, headlights and indicators on cars in Terry Middleditch's yard are paying for their vandalism, but not before putting the handyman through weeks of stress.
Recorded crime drops in South
Recorded crime drops in South
Less crime was recorded in the Southern police district in 2010 than in 2009, because police are working harder to stop it before it happens, they say.
Pain continues for assault victim
Pain continues for assault victim
If anyone knows the effect of random crime on a person's life, it is Cory Sutherland.
Retiring dog handler farewelled by minister
Retiring dog handler farewelled by minister
If he ever wanted confirmation he had done a good job for the police for the past 35 years, a personal thanks and farewell from the Police Minister herself might have done it for a retiring Dunedin dog handler.
'Might is right' attitude deplored
'Might is right' attitude deplored
New Zealand's response to violence in the home is a result of an all-pervading societal attitude of "might is right", and until that attitude changes, the epidemic of domestic violence will continue, says the dean of law at the University of Otago.
Deaf woman's hearing dog hurt in attack
Deaf woman's hearing dog hurt in attack
A dog attack in Dunedin yesterday that resulted in the death of one dog, and another in a "touch-and-go" condition at a veterinary clinic is just sad all round, police and animal control have said.
Highcliff Rd improvements too costly, council says
Highcliff Rd improvements too costly, council says
Highcliff Rd is recognised as being narrow, winding and difficult for road users, the Dunedin City Council says, but there are no plans for what would be costly improvements.
Fairness of court questioned
Fairness of court questioned
The welfare of children is the most important consideration in processing applications to the Family Court to move children who are the subject of custody arrangements out of Christchurch, the principal Family Court judge says.
A Christchurch family who fled to Dunedin after the February earthquake has told the Otago Daily Times they are terrified about returning to Christchurch to wait fo
Window-smashing spree wearing thin
Window-smashing spree wearing thin
Two rugby clubs, a soccer club and a model engineering club are the latest targets of an extended South Dunedin window-smashing spree that is wearing thin with its victims.
Mystery over High St heritage restoration work
Mystery over High St heritage restoration work
Just when a crumbling bluestone foundation, ordered saved from demolition during the building of a new car park beside Dunedin's Scenic Hotel Southern Cross, will be restored and preserved is a mystery.