Laine Priestley

Dunedin museums were targeted in a wave of fake bomb threats which caused disruption across the country.

Blindness never stopped one Dunedin woman from being able to read, and now she wants New Zealanders to think about the magic of braille.

While South Islanders enjoyed their summer breaks, it was "business as usual" for emergency helicopter medics in Otago.

Despite numerous serious road crashes, the South was fortunate to have posted a fatality-free holiday period, a senior southern police officer says.

One hundred and fifty years years ago, people from the United Kingdom bound for Dunedin had a dramatic New Year’s Day when the ship they had been travelling on sank off the coast of The Catlins.

Four people were injured, two seriously, after a crash on State Highway 83 near Omarama yesterday afternoon.

In the aftermath of an earthquake that caused widespread damage and deaths in Japan, one New Zealand woman recounted her experience of being in the country when the quake hit.

Queenstown residents’ new year started off with a bang when multiple properties were evacuated due to a fast-spreading blaze sparked by fireworks.

The summer break does not seem to be putting a damper on the couch-burning antics of the student quarter.

A missing teenage passenger from a cruise ship was found just in time after a search in Dunedin, police confirm.

A missing teenage passenger from a cruise ship has been found after a search in Dunedin, police have confirmed. 

Firefighters were called to put out a burning couch in Dunedin's student quarter overnight. 

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging people not to let off fireworks this New Year, following a long history of a busy night for crews nationwide.