Arsonist behind South D vehicle fires: police
Arsonist behind South D vehicle fires: police
Police suspect an arsonist is responsible for a string of vehicle fires in South Dunedin and are warning residents to be vigilant.
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Coffee factory blaze contained
Dunedin coffee factory blaze contained
A fire at a Dunedin coffee factory has now been contained.
Students get in behind relay
Students get in behind relay
More than 1000 students turned out to support the Cancer Society’s Relay for Life last night.
Two injured in boarding house fracas
Man and officer injured in fracas at boarding house
Dunedin CIB are investigating after two people, one a police officer, were taken to hospital, following a fracas at a central city boarding house.
Investigation into bus fire
Investigation into bus fire
Dunedin CIB is investigating a fire which gutted a bus parked outside a hotel in South Dunedin on Wednesday night.
The hidden cost of road crashes
Road crash social costs to South $369m
The social cost of injury crashes on Southern roads in 2015 was $369 million, new research shows.
Task force to tackle housing
Central housing costliest
Queenstown's mayor has formed a task force to tackle housing affordability as the Central Otago Lakes region officially overtook Auckland to become the least affordable region for housing.
School pupil at centre of Elmgrove knife incident
School pupil at centre of Elmgrove knife incident
The person at the centre of a knife incident which led to a Mosgiel school being locked down this week is a pupil at the school, the Ministry of Education has confirmed.
Microlight crash: further inquiry
Further inquiry into microlight crash
It may take months before the Civil Aviation Authority has answers as to why a microlight crashed in South Otago, killing its two occupants.
'Unusual' case of the urine-soaked room
'Unusual' case of the urine-soaked room
After a far from clean getaway, police are on the hunt for a campus criminal who committed a dirty deed.
Horror start to year on southern roads
Many deaths 'preventable'
Authorities are lamenting a horror first three months on southern roads, as 13 deaths make it the deadliest start to a year since 1995.
Mum 'totally numb' after worst news
Mother 'totally numb' after worst news
Early last Friday, Brenda Ward awoke to the news no mother wants to receive.
Vulnerable children's home to reopen
Residence for vulnerable children to reopen
A Dunedin youth advocate is thrilled a residence in Abbotsford for vulnerable children will reopen.
Tributes flow for Mosgiel man killed in crash
Tributes flow for Mosgiel man killed in crash
Family and friends of Todd Melhop are reeling after the Mosgiel man was killed in a car crash in South Canterbury on Friday.
Man with knife prompts school lockdown
Man with knife prompts school lockdown
Police were called to a Mosgiel primary school which went into lockdown yesterday morning after a man with a knife was seen on its grounds.
Dog paddling mandatory
Dog paddling mandatory at Mosgiel
Mosgiel Pool has gone to the dogs - literally.
Highway crash victims from Dunedin
Victims in highway crash were from Dunedin
Tributes flowed yesterday for the Dunedin pair killed in a car crash south of the city on Friday.
Villa fire leaves flatmates homeless
Villa fire leaves flatmates homeless
Three Belleknowes flatmates were left shaken and without a home after a fire tore through their flat yesterday afternoon.
Person sought after ute crashes into train
Person sought after accident
Police are searching for a person involved in a crash in which a Toyota Hilux ploughed into the side of a moving train near Mosgiel.
Pair die as truck, car crash
Pair die as truck, car crash
Dunedin police are investigating a crash which killed two people early yesterday.