A letter threatening legal action if convicted fraudster
Michael Swann was not given a favourable parole outcome is
''outrageous'', and could harm his chance of an early
release, a criminologist warns.
A man who robbed the same Dunedin dairy three times may not
have waved a knife at his victims, but the presence of the
weapon undoubtedly ''inflicted terror'' on them, a judge said
yesterday.
The Dunedin City Council faces a $340,000 bill to preserve
the remnants of a historic manuka causeway unearthed during
construction of the Wall Street mall.
Plans to rejig parking to improve the safety of cyclists on
Dunedin's main thoroughfares have been approved after many
questions and some criticism from city councillors.
The editor of University of Otago student magazine Critic has
stepped down, following an employment dispute which led to
police being called to the office earlier this month.
