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$25,000 worth of drugs in underwear
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Dealer caught with $25,000 worth of drugs in underwear
A Dunedin drug dealer was caught by police with more than $25,000 of drugs in his undies, a court has heard.
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Grandmother activist guilty of forgery 'would do it again'
Grandmother activist guilty of forgery 'would do it again'
A Dunedin grandmother who wrote a phoney postponement email for a petroleum-industry conference has been found guilty — but says she would do it all over again.
Fake email trial: Protester found guilty of forgery
Fake email trial: Protester found guilty of forgery
A Dunedin grandmother who wrote a phoney postponement email for a petroleum-industry conference has been found guilty of forgery charges.
Jury to decide whether fake email bid to disrupt
Jury to decide whether fake email bid to disrupt
Was a Dunedin grandmother’s fake postponement letter for a petroleum-industry conference a desperate bid to disrupt or only a joke?
Fatal drink-drive crash: teen pleads guilty
Fatal drink-drive crash: teen pleads guilty
A teenager who drove drunk through Oamaru at up to 141kmh and killed his passenger has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Protester says fake email sent as joke
Protester says fake email sent as joke
A Dunedin grandmothers’s fake postponement letter for a petroleum-industry conference - was it a desperate bid to disrupt or only a joke?
Teen pleads guilty to drunken crash that killed passenger
Teen pleads guilty to drunken crash that killed passenger
A teenager who drove drunk through Oamaru at up to 141kmh and killed his passenger has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
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Man City fan wears his heart on his sleeve
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Man City fan wears his heart on his sleeve - especially now
He's barely stopped smiling since the final whistle blew in Istanbul on Sunday. Otago Daily Times court reporter and resident Manchester City fanatic Rob Kidd explains why finally winning the Champions League means so much.
Letter said conference postponed
Letter said conference postponed
A climate-activist grandmother sent a forged postponement letter to the delegates of an international conference in a bid to derail the gathering, the Crown says.
Fake letter 'aimed to derail oil meeting', court told
Fake letter 'aimed to derail oil meeting', court told
An anti-oil protester sent a forged postponement letter to the delegates of an international petroleum conference in a bid to derail the gathering, the Crown says.
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Man who beat partner freed
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Man who beat partner freed
A Balclutha man who knocked his partner unconscious then roused her with water to continue the beating has been paroled.
Bond admits abuse of another pupil
Bond admits abuse of another pupil
A former Dunedin teacher, in jail for sex offences against the boys he taught, has admitted further abusing another teenage pupil.
Ex-teacher Bond admits another sex attack
Ex-teacher Bond admits another sex attack
A former Dunedin teacher, in jail for sex offences against the boys he taught, has admitted further crimes against a teenage pupil.
Joyride driving stolen police car 'on bucket list'
Joyride driving stolen police car 'on bucket list'
A man who pulled a gun on police and stole a patrol car says the escapade was on his "bucket list".
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Release of sister’s killer ‘a kind of relief’
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Release of sister’s killer ‘a kind of relief’
The release of a Dunedin man after 14 years behind bars for a "violent, jealousy-fuelled murder" has come as "a kind of relief" for the victim’s sister.
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Stoned joyride ended in horror crash
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Stoned joyride ended in horror crash
A moped rider who was hit by a speeding driver and launched 30m is unlikely ever to fully recover from his injuries, a court has heard.
Murder accused’s identity, job suppressed
Murder accused’s identity, job suppressed
The identity of a 61-year-old Dunedin woman accused of murder, and her job, will remain under wraps until at least August.
Tainui murder accused in court
Tainui murder accused in court
The identity of a 61-year-old Dunedin woman accused of murder will remain under wraps until at least August.
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Claims fail to convince trial judge
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Claims fail to convince trial judge
A "highly drugged up" Dunedin man who was found at the scene of a crash with an imitation pistol in his lap has had his claims of police mistreatment rejected.
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Dunedin mum screamed at teacher and beat up sister
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Dunedin mum screamed at teacher and beat up sister
A Dunedin woman terrorised her child’s school teacher and subjected her own sister to a 10-minute beating, a court has heard.