Dozens of racing clubs in the South have been ordered to hand over files as part of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) probe into pokie grants; while the Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain confirms he is investigating options to ''tighten up regulations'' for the sector.
The victim of a gang fight who allegedly punched and kicked a Good Samaritan, and then stole his car, has been arrested by Dunedin police.
A woman who torched a Dunedin home more than five years ago, forcing two people to flee for their lives, has been declined parole.
A woman who admitted causing the death of a Dunedin cyclist after opening a car door which caused him to go under a stock truck, feels ''awful'' about the incident.
A Dunedin widow was tending her late husband's grave when her handbag was stolen from her unlocked vehicle. It was the third such incident at the Andersons Bay Cemetery in a few days. Sybil...
Couples that stay together, race together.
An incident in which a handbag was stolen from a woman's car while she tended a grave site has disgusted police.
A request for a cigarette ended with a Dunedin teen in hospital and his meat cleaver-wielding assailant in police custody early yesterday.
While a man's best friend had a lucky escape after abandoning ship, its owner did not fare so well.
Revellers tipped over a car in North Dunedin early yesterday morning, leaving a student angry and out of pocket.
Three separate maritime incidents south of Dunedin kept emergency services busy yesterday.
Cycling down the world's steepest street with no hands on the handlebars, and a camper van trying to drive to the top of Baldwin St were just some of the antics observed by a council worker last week.
Police are appealing for the return of a personal alarm, after it was lost in North Dunedin early yesterday.
A group of teenagers bought packets of the synthetic cannabis product K2 with some of the proceeds of a burglary of a North Dunedin home, police say.
Stand-by fares - which were first introduced for Otago students four years ago and then expanded - will be permanently grounded, Air New Zealand has announced.
Police acknowledge signs should have been placed near where a car ended up in Otago Harbour, and which prompted several calls and a rescue attempt.
Diesel supplies for the South Island are expected to remain tight until further shipments arrive later this month.
The Government's Whanau Ora scheme is being ''ripped off by all and sundry'', New Zealand First leader Winston Peters claims, following revelations over possible widespread gang involvement.
Whanau Ora Minister Tariana Turia remains confident a grant used by a Dunedin-based gang to buy cannabis was an ''isolated incident'', despite intercepted phone calls revealing it may have been used as a model for gang chapters nationwide.
Cannabis and opiates accounted for the majority of drugs detected in the workplace, figures show.
