Judge Michael Crosbie spoke of the dangers of the one-way system near Dunedin Hospital when sentencing a Tapanui pensioner for causing the death of a cyclist on the busy stretch of road last year.
It is the love of Anna McLean's life, but her Mazda Axela is a ''magnet'' for trouble.
A woman who rescued her sleeping baby and then battled a blaze in a bedroom is urging people to install smoke alarms.
A reformulated version of K2 is already appearing on dairy shelves, a day after the older version of the synthetic cannabis product had to be removed from sale.
Two protesting picketers were run over while blocking a drive-through lane at McDonald's in North Dunedin yesterday, an organiser says.
A protester who was hit by a motorist in Dunedin while blocking a McDonald's drive-in claims he was faced with two options - go under the vehicle, or go over it.
McDonald's says an edited video of a man egging on a motorist to drive into protesters outside its north Dunedin restaurant does not show the full story.
Convicted fraudster Michael Swann is appearing before the New Zealand Parole Board this week, four years after he was imprisoned for defrauding the Otago District Health Board of almost $17 million.
A convicted murderer, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of a 13-year-old Oamaru boy, has been declined parole ''given his clear high risk''.
K2 will be voluntarily withdrawn from sale - at a cost of millions of dollars to the manufacturer of the synthetic cannabis product - but the announcement has been greeted with scepticism.
A guardian of a Dunedin toddler abducted earlier this year is angry at the sentence given to the woman who took the child.
Emergency services, the University of Otago and the students' association (OUSA) have hailed Saturday's Hyde St keg party as a well-run event.
A murderer who was one of the first people in the country to be given a life sentence and preventive detention, has been declined parole after his behaviour deteriorated while on temporary release.
Returning students, cruise ship visits and events at Forsyth Barr Stadium helped deliver close to a $15 million boost for the Otago economy last month, Otago Chamber of Commerce chief executive John Christie says.
A man armed with a knife was tasered and taken into custody after a standoff with police in Andersons Bay, Dunedin.
Gareth Lawrence Smither, who murdered his ex-girlfriend in Dunedin almost 16 years ago, has been having some limited unescorted ground leave, a New Zealand Parole Board decision notes.
Jarrod Allan Mangels, who murdered Arrowtown woman Maureen McKinnel 25 years ago, has been declined parole for two years.
Police want an apology after a union boss accused officers of giving McDonald's special treatment because they receive menu items for as little as half price from the fast-food giant.
Police are investigating an incident with ''sinister overtones'' after a man allegedly performed an indecent act in front of a woman, and later followed her in a car.
Forsyth Barr Stadium is set to host a world record attempt for paint fighting, as several thousand revellers, dressed in white, are doused in 3000kg of coloured UV paint.
