Laine Priestley

Dunedin police officers are the first in New Zealand to get a new model of Taser, but hope they never have to use them.

A downpour in Southland and Fiordland has put a small Southland hamlet’s homes at risk of being swept away by torrents of water.

A born-and-bred Dunedin former rower has put away the oars to walk the blue line instead.

A gun-wielding man in a ute allegedly got hot under the collar when he saw a group of strangers parked up in a Dunedin road.

The crash that left a woman in Dunedin Hospital on Thursday happened after she missed the turnoff to Dunedin Airport, police say.

A Dunedin man unhappy about being searched during an arrest punched and strangled a police officer, police say.

A Dunedin man unhappy about being searched during an early-morning arrest punched and tried to strangle an officer, police say.

In a deadly day for the South, a 10-year-old girl was swept to her death in a Fiordland creek and a person died following a two-vehicle collision near Omarama.

More Dunedin families are switching from four wheels to two as a way to get their most precious cargo from A to B.

In a deadly day for the South, a 10-year-old girl was swept to her death in a Fiordland creek and a person died following a two-vehicle collision near Omarama.

A person has sustained serious injuries following a two vehicle crash near Allanton this morning.

A person was transported to hospital with moderate to serious injuries after becoming trapped when a truck ran off the road near Millers Flat this afternoon.

A man was transported to hospital in a critical condition following a workplace accident in Mosgiel.

A Dunedin woman sick of two men in their 40s hurling inappropriate comments at her allegedly responded by bottling them in the head.

Magic was in the air for one Dunedin man who told police his car mysteriously managed to crash into another vehicle all by itself.