Debbie Porteous

An Australian who died after he fell 40m while tramping in Mt Aspiring National Park at the weekend was an all-round "good bugger", his Dunedin employer says.

Children from about 400 homes in the Dunedin area will receive a toy of their own this festive season, thanks to the annual Bronz Otago Toy Run.

Their emotional intelligence, rather than intellectual abilities, would most likely be the thing that would eventually allow them to achieve excellence, graduates were told at Saturday's University of Otago graduation ceremony.

Police experienced some serious overcrowding issues in the cells at the Dunedin Central Police Station at the weekend, but officers were not too concerned.

The fight to stop David Bain receiving compensation for his years spent in jail is heating up with the launch of a petition.

As the Dunedin Water Rescue Squad celebrates its first 15 years, it issues the same plea: Take care in and around water this summer.

Musselburgh residents came to the rescue of a 13-year-old boy who had his iPod stolen in a street attack in the Dunedin suburb yesterday.

Three complaints about testimony from the Clayton Weatherston murder trial broadcast on One News have been upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Authority.

Clayton Weatherston's appeal hearing against his murder conviction will be heard by the Court of Appeal in Wellington on June 9.

As the man slipped from his horse and under the waters of the Timorese torrent, Mal Parker's only thought was to go in after him.

A 40-year-old Dunedin banking consultant has admitted creating and paying back about $2 million of unauthorised loans in the names of business customers over the past three years and skimming $376,000 off the top for herself.

A Dunedin rest-home caregiver managed to scare off a man in the process of assaulting her yesterday as she prepared for her day's work.

Police kept pace with southern Special Olympians yesterday as they took to Dunedin's streets to raise awareness of their national summer games next month.

A woman was taken to Dunedin Hospital for treatment early yesterday, after a dog belonging to an acquaintance attacked her.

Fonterra has accused Greenpeace of selective use of facts, after four activists were arrested during a coal mine protest near Gore.

Octagon bar owners and Dunedin's district licensing authority have reached a compromise on a drinks promotion the DLA believed breached the Sale of Liquor Act.