Hamish McNeilly

Gallopsouth has become the latest organisation embroiled in a major pokies investigation, after its Dunedin office was visited by Internal Affairs and Serious Fraud Office staff yesterday.

Just a week on the job and the Dunedin police Facebook page may have achieved its first success.

One of the country's largest pokie grant funders is under investigation by Internal Affairs and the Serious Fraud Office.

An out-of-control party at a student hot spot ended with four arrests of non-students, including one reveller so intoxicated he required constant police supervision.

Coca-Cola says there is not enough evidence to link the death of an Invercargill woman with her excessive Coke drinking, despite a coroner's report that found otherwise.

Coca-cola maintains it sells ''safe, quality beverages'', after a coroner found excessive consumption of the soft drink was a ''substantial factor'' in the death of a mother of eight.

A tip-off from a member of the public led police to a Dunedin toddler who went missing from the Otago Farmers Market on Saturday.

An Oamaru man faces dozens of charges, including sexual violation and indecent assault, for his alleged involvement in a paedophile ring revealed by police yesterday.

Dunedin police have obtained DNA, given voluntarily, from the girl at the centre of a claimed sighting of Madeleine McCann in Queenstown on New Year's Eve.

An increase in cases of long-term users of synthetic cannabis experiencing psychiatric effects and suicidal tendencies has prompted a warning from the Dunedin-based National Poisons Centre.

Police have praised the quick actions of a Dunedin dairy owner, who helped thwart an alleged aggravated robbery yesterday.

Forsyth Barr Stadium is set for its biggest week yet, with more than 50,000 punters expected through the turnstiles this week.

Exasperated over unsecured student flats, police have taken to shutting windows and doors to reduce the risk of burglary.

The multimillion-dollar upgrade to Dunedin International Airport's runway is like starting a major infrastructure project each night, chief executive John McCall says.

It's all aboard for the city's latest conference venue, after confirmation space at the Dunedin Railway Station will become available for hire.

A man is dead, and others received injuries, following two vehicle ''rollovers'' on rural Otago properties yesterday.

Parents should be aware of what their children are up to and report any suspicious behaviour, after three teens were caught breaking into cars this week.

John Wilson Ocean Dr has reopened to motorists. A lone protester watched in silence as First Security operations manager Garry McLennan unlocked and removed two bollards at the St Kilda end of the windswept seaside drive at 11am yesterday.