Debbie Porteous

Louis Brown never thought he would speak in military terms.

A Dunedin woman whose dogs were shot after they were allegedly witnessed attacking a sheep in Selwyn St, Northeast Valley, says the dogs were innocent.

Dunedin firefighter Jason Hill will not forget Christchurch.

Garden City Helicopters general manager Simon Duncan had seen a lot of carnage in his life as a rescue helicopter crewman, but he has been "overawed" by the scale of what he has seen this week.

The Ratahi family, of New Brighton, has many reasons for complaining - but they are not.

Otago Daily Times reporter Debbie Porteous yesterday viewed the devastation around Lyttelton.

A man put his hands around the throat of a Dunedin police officer and started to choke him while two officers were attending a domestic incident at a South Dunedin house at the weekend, police said.

Dunedin will send city council representatives to Wellington to argue its views on the country's alcohol problem face to face with a Government select committee.

Our series on the future of Dunedin's industrial and commercial buildings continues. Today, Debbie Porteous examines the realities of saving our heritage.

The violence that resulted in four police officers being taken to hospital at the weekend is not acceptable in Dunedin, and everyone needs to step up and take responsibility for it, says Mayor Dave Cull.

Lower Hutt man Justin Brewer grabbed hold of a 220,000 volt power line for the first time yesterday.

Archaeologists assessing the excavation of the orchestra pit during renovations of Dunedin's Regent Theatre have found some relics of yesteryear.

Abseiling off a giant glass building may not be everyone's idea of a good time, but it is all in a day's work for Dunedin window cleaner Nick Beadle.

A Former gang pad in Dunedin was passed in at auction yesterday, after bidding for the two-bedroom ex-state house failed to go above $74,000.

Cordons have been lifted at Carey's Bay after army bomb disposal experts safely removed what was feared to be a World War II-era bomb fished out of Otago Harbour this morning.