Police have warned Dunedin residents against joining in the clown craze sweeping the world after a man in a clown costume terrorised residents in the city's student quarter.
Hipsters and pole dancers rubbed shoulders in the shadow of Dunedin’s built heritage on Saturday as thousands thronged Vogel St for the third annual street party.
The 19-year-old at the centre of an armed robbery in St Kilda remains on the loose as the other two women accused of the incident are released on bail.
Police have backed the decisions which led to a 19-year-old international student being charged with intentional damage after setting fire to a cushion in Hyde St earlier this year.
A restricted licence driver in her unwarranted and unregistered Mercedes Benz has admitted leaving a trail of destruction after a drunken wild ride through a Dunedin suburb.