Hamish McNeilly

A Dunedin software developer has been labelled a Nazi sympathiser and had his game banned in Germany after media coverage in that country.

Nicotine-deprived prisoners are paying as much as $300 for pouches of black market tobacco, the New Zealand Drug Foundation says.

Allegations over stolen cigarettes led a teenager to hold a knife at the throat of another teen, police say.

Sergeant Chris MacAulay, of the Dunedin police strategic traffic unit, observes traffic behaviour at a recently installed stop sign at the intersection of Anzac Ave and Castle St.

Those seeking a stretch behind bars will soon be in luck.

Planned cuts to non-sworn police staff could make it harder for the public to report crime in the Southern district, MP David Clark says.

Some non-sworn police staff have been told their jobs at Southern District Police will be disestablished as part of a national programme dubbed "Policing Excellence".

Teenagers from Christchurch sparked a police chase in Dunedin yesterday morning, following the alleged theft of a vehicle.

Just like his more famous All Black counterparts, the captain of Dunedin's Nude Blacks gets recognised overseas - even without his official strip.

The show will go on for Dunedin's Regent Theatre, after hundreds of litres of water from a gutter cascaded on to the stage following a school production.

Another teenager has been arrested following a alcohol-fuelled joyride and burglary around greater Dunedin early on Tuesday.

Euthanasia campaigner Paula Westoby died in her Dunedin home this week.

David Bain deserves compensation for his "absolute trauma", and which would also help restore public faith in Government institutions, a Dunedin-based supporter says.

Two bull mastiff dogs were shot by an animal control officer, after they killed a lamb and harassed sheep in a "frenzy" at a farm in Dunedin yesterday.

A decision on David Bain's compensation claim is imminent, following confirmation Justice Minister Judith Collins has received a report from the judge appointed to assess the claim.

Shades of Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now were evident on the Taieri yesterday, when a helicopter dropped a napalm-like chemical as part of a controlled burn.

A tagger claiming he is a "menace to society" has left his mark on one of Dunedin's largest stores.

A man is in hospital after being seriously injured in an alleged domestic incident in Dunedin last night.