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.