A disagreement over the rightful ownership of a Subaru allegedly sold to two Dunedin people boiled over when a man attacked the car with a hammer and screwdriver.

A South Dunedin boarding house fire which killed Christopher Paul Bonisch in 2022, appears to have been started by the 51-year-old himself.

The death of an active and popular member of University of Otago’s psychology department has left the team there with a "huge hole" in it, fellow staff say.

Tensions flared recently as a New Zealand fur seal and a sea lion brawled over a prime stretch of beach at Harington Point, on the Otago Peninsula.

A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey's Bolu mountains killed 66 people and injured 51 others, forcing panicked guests to jump out of windows in the middle of the night.

United States President Donald Trump has begun his sweeping immigration crackdown.

A Mosgiel mother with her two young children in the car was arrested at a traffic stop, after breaching her bail conditions by driving, allegedly while drunk.