Shawn McAvinue

Bashing victim says police let case go cold

South Dunedin resident June Spooner, with granddaughter Shaquille Spooner-Nixon, wants police to...

Bashing victim says police let case go cold

Whoever assaulted a Dunedin pensioner is still at large, while the woman has a skull full of screws and questions about why police let the case go cold so quickly.

Brass section

Brass section

James Birchell (15, left), of the Dunedin Youth Orchestra, plays the French horn with (from left) Dunedin Symphony Orchestra members Jerome Rouse (French horn), Ralph Miller (trumpet) and Dunedin...

Students rescued by campus staff

The roof of a student flat in Dunedin damaged by fire yesterday. Photo by Shawn McAvinue.

Students rescued by campus staff

The quick thinking of campus patrol staff saved Dunedin students from a suspicious flat fire yesterday.

Dunedin Block contestants win $300k

Courtney Mackay (25, left) and Emma Diamond (27), of Dunedin, won $300,000 on the TV show The...

Dunedin contestants win $300,000

The two Dunedin contestants on the television show The Block New Zealand took home $300,000 last night.

Anxious last hours for 'Block' contestants

The Block New Zealand contestants Emma Diamond (27, left) and Courtney Mackay (25) are confident...

Anxious last hours for 'Block' contestants

The tools are down for two Dunedin contestants on the television show The Block and the duo have been spending sleepless nights as the auction night looms.

Out of line

Out of line

Firefighters push a black Subaru Forester on to its wheels in Dunedin yesterday.

'Inner child' finds success

Children’s entertainer Rosalind Manowitz, aka Rainbow Rosalind, performs her award-winning song...

'Inner child' finds success

Releasing her inner child helped a Dunedin entertainer win a children’s music award.

No leads in dumped dog investigation

New dog owners Peita Ferens-Green (left) and Natasha Harvey hold dumped Labrador-cross pups Luna...

No leads in dumped dog investigation

Puppies left for dead in Dunedin have found new homes but the investigation to find those responsible for dumping the dogs has closed due to a lack of positive leads.

Vehicles entered at stadium and flats burgled

The shattered windows of vehicles in the car park behind Forsyth Barr Stadium. Photos by Gerard O'Brien.

Vehicles entered at stadium and flats burgled

Police are seeking witnesses to a North Dunedin crime spree after flats and vehicles were broken into, including those of Otago rugby players away on a training camp.

Thieves target Nth Dunedin

Police are seeking witnesses to a crime spree in North Dunedin after homes and cars were broken into last night.

Popular exhibition being obliterated

Dunedin Public Art Gallery assistant curator Lucy Hammonds (left) rips stickers off a wall at the...

Popular exhibition being obliterated

Spare a thought for Dunedin Public Art Gallery staff removing 1.4million circular stickers as they continue to take down an interactive exhibition today.

Appeal over block of flats

Two neighbours have brought their fight against a 25-room apartment block proposed for central Dunedin to the Environment Court.

Ice so bad grit truck slips off road

A Downer grit truck sits in a ditch on State Highway 87 between Outram and Sutton yesterday....

Ice so bad grit truck slips off road

Freezing temperatures on the Taieri transformed a stretch of highway into a skating rink yesterday morning, creating black ice, putting a grit truck in a ditch and forcing a road closure.

Tree likely cause of blaze

The fire rages last October. Photos by Peter McIntosh.

Gum tree beside lines likely cause of blaze

A branch or bark from a gum tree coming in contact with a power line "most likely" caused the Saddle Hill fire last year.

Nan’s singing our song

Korina Kahu-Luke (33) was emotional when she collected her ticket to the movie Poi E: The Story...

Nan’s singing our song

Dunedin student Korina Kahu-Luke gets emotional when she hears the solo introduction to the hit single Poi E.

Jokes upset Rape Crisis

Rape Crisis distressed over jokes

The rape jokes told by an Australian comedian due to perform in the South encourage sexual violence and make light of survivors' pain, Rape Crisis Dunedin says.