Rob Kidd

The former head of southern Victim Support, jailed for 14 years for the historical sexual abuse of a pre-teen boy, is vowing to fight to clear his name.

A repeat drink-driver found by police hiding in a compost bin has been told by a judge ''you're behaving like a bogan 21-year-old''.

Angelo Dion Tamati will be hoping it is third time lucky.

A Dunedin immigration adviser whose mistake resulted in an overseas worker being sacked on his first day has avoided punishment for her mistake.

Hours out of prison, a Mosgiel man smashed up two businesses and was back behind bars - just as he wanted.

A Stirling man abused his former partner then beat her brother with a tennis racquet, inflicting a severe head injury, a court has heard.

When Jesse Peter McConnell wanted out of the gang he had become involved with, he agreed to rob a bank.

A Dunedin man who sent a ''foreboding'' selfie to his partner, threatened her, then beat her up has been jailed.

A man who almost severed someone's hand with a machete during a domestic spat will be returned to Australia in November.

A 13-year-old girl has been forced to leave school after a video of her performing a sex act on an older teen spread, a court has heard.

A Dunedin sex offender may join another local predator in a special residence for the most high-risk criminals.

A man caught masturbating in the ''Teen Space'' of the Dunedin Library was on bail on a charge of rape at the time, a court has heard.

The parents of a lethargic 15-year-old have each been fined $50 for their failure to get him out of bed and into school.

Former jail-house lawyer Arthur Taylor has spent six months in Dunedin since being released on parole. But the honeymoon might soon be over as he eyes a move north. Rob Kidd reports.

A Dunedin drug dealer sold more than $50,000 of ecstasy in less than four months, a court has heard.

A Central Otago molester has dodged a prison sentence despite it being his second sex crime.

The mother of a girl abused by a South Otago man says she forgives him but will not forget.

A Central Otago molester has dodged a prison sentence despite it being his second sex crime.

An international rugby player accused of beating his teammate will stand trial next year.