Incidents keep police busy
Incidents keep police busy
Dunedin police are investigating a spate of thefts and attempted burglaries.
Shawn McAvinue
Police investigating series of burglaries
Police investigating series of burglaries
Dunedin Police are investigating a spate of thefts and attempted burglaries.
City folk can go to blazes
City folk can go to blazes
The number of bonfire permits issued in rural Otago for Guy Fawkes this year has halved.
Wheelbrace thrown at car; vehicle hits wall
Wheelbrace thrown at car; vehicle hits wall
A 22-year-old man will appear in the Dunedin District Court after a vehicle window was smashed with a wheel brace in South Dunedin yesterday.
No prosecution over fireworks
No prosecution for selling fireworks early
A Dunedin supermarket will not be prosecuted for selling fireworks early.
Centenarian awake to financial scam
Centenarian awake to financial scam
You have got to get up pretty early in the morning to get one over on Dunedin man George Bulleid.
SPCA plea on behalf of pets
SPCA plea on behalf of pets
SPCA Otago is renewing its call to ban the private sale of fireworks as retailers prepare to sell them from today.
'Mistake' to put fireworks on sale
'Mistake' to put fireworks on sale
A Dunedin supermarket that sold fireworks before it was legally allowed apologised for the "mistake'' yesterday.
Fire a training opportunity
Fire a training opportunity
A house burns in Palmerston during a training exercise on Saturday.
Kitchen fires frustrate firefighters
Kitchen fires source of frustration for firefighters
A fire in a Carroll St flat last weekend was one of 22 to start in kitchens in homes in the greater Dunedin area in the past six months.
Work starts on $20m student housing complex
$20m student housing complex work starts
Work has started on a more than $20 million project to build a wooden accommodation complex for Otago Polytechnic students.
Safety fears for gun club members
Safety fears for gun club members
A list of gun club members in Otago was stolen from a Dunedin flat along with an arsenal of military weapons this week, a man associated with the club claims.
Fishermen prepare to defend 'culture'
Fishermen prepare to defend 'culture'
Fishermen are preparing to fight to ensure "fishing culture" along the southeast coast of the South Island does not become a tale of the one that got away.
Inquiry into Bluff house fire
Inquiry into Bluff house fire
An investigator has been called in to determine if a house fire in Southland is suspicious.
Weapons theft police priority
Weapons theft police priority
Police are investigating the theft of an arsenal of weapons from a Dunedin home.
Murder charge after Brockville death
Murder charge after Brockville death
A 47-year-old man will appear in the Dunedin District Court today charged with the murder of a man at a house in the city.
Owner curious about vintage car
Owner seeks vintage car's history
Retired Dunedin man Stephen Kidd bought this French-built 1913 Darracq car and wants to know more about it.
Nothing matches a Mini, owners say
Nothing matches a Mini, owners say
Mini mania swept through Dunedin at the weekend.
Hundreds enjoy Indian celebration
Hundreds enjoy Indian celebration
The party to celebrate diversity in Dunedin just keeps getting bigger.
Parkrun participants dressed to impress
Twinkle-toed Dunedin parkrun participants dressed to impress
It looked as if a large troupe of ballet dancers was late for a recital in Dunedin on Saturday.