Debbie Porteous

New Zealand's six territorial forces will be merged into three, with the loss of up to 600 territorial soldiers, a briefing paper from the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) says.

A Taieri helicopter pilot has warned of the dangers of shining lasers at pilots, after he was targeted while flying over Mosgiel this week.

An inner-city Dunedin resident is concerned the extension of the liquor ban to North Dunedin will cause more problems in streets like hers - those that border the city centre, but fall outside the ban area.

Extending the Dunedin permanent liquor ban to cover the North Dunedin student area would be welcomed by Dunedin police, as they would be pleased with any measure that reduced alcohol related-harm, the city's police commander said yesterday.

A 67-year-old Roxburgh man has pleaded guilty to murdering his wife in March last year.

Five people escaped a house fire in Sawyers Bay that destroyed most of a dwelling on Reservoir Rd yesterday.

Forensic testing of letters threatening the life of euthanasia advocate Sean Davison has failed to provide DNA evidence of who wrote them.

Te Whare Pounamu Dunedin Women's Refuge residential services workers Kerri Oliver (left) and Darlene Gore with some of the donations made to the refuge since two articles about it appeared in the Otago Daily Times last month.

The Fire Service has joined the police in asking the public to help after two more fires on Monday brought to 16 the number of suspicious fires in Dunedin over the long weekend.

The death of a Clutha man from an uncommon medical event will be the focus of an academic paper, to be written for the education of medical professionals.