Oscar Francis

An eight-year-old boy was discovered ‘‘tired, hungry and cold’’ by a member of the public after going missing in Dunedin, triggering an extensive search.

A dozen students have been referred to the proctor after being found smoking cannabis while having a party in a public toilet.

Two people have been charged with supplying methamphetamine, which was discovered in a lolly jar when officers pulled over a car which nearly collided with them, Dunedin police say.

City authorities are talking to the occupants of a Dunedin flat that played host to an 800-person party last night.

Outsiders intent on O Week chaos have been criticised as police investigate a 15-man attack on four occupants of a student flat in North Dunedin.

A person died yesterday in a farm accident involving a tractor which rolled into a stream in a remote area of Southland.

Australian Army soldiers came out in force to help search for a former comrade who fell to his death while on a hunting trip near Glenorchy.

Australian soldiers came out in force to help search for a former comrade who fell to his death while on a hunting trip near Glenorchy.

A person has died after a tractor rolled into a stream in a remote area of Southland this afternoon.

A Dunedin man says he had been out for a nice cruise until he and his two children were rescued by a passing fire truck after they started taking on water in Otago Harbour.

Firefighters have contained a scrub fire between Milton and Taieri Mouth.