Laine Priestley

Ten youths on a late night joyride in a stolen car - some of them in the boot - had their evening short after coming to the attention of police.

A Dunedin resident was left flabbergasted after finding bags full of what appeared to be dirt dumped down a bank on Thursday evening.

One person has been arrested during a police operation that led to a busy Dunedin road being closed for a time early yesterday.

Dunedin police are investigating a possible threat with a gun on the Southern Motorway today.

A disqualified driver spotted out late by police tried to evade them by hiding in a petrol station toilet.

A man waving a knife towards passing cars caused alarm for motorists in Dunedin yesterday.  

A group of first-year University of Otago students were forced to bite off the legs of live ducks as part of a "sick and twisted" Dunedin flat initiation.

Emergency services attend a gas leak in George St, central Dunedin, yesterday morning, the result of construction workers opening up  an old gas main.

A Facebook marketplace sale turned ugly when the buyer and seller deliberately rammed each other in a Green Island carpark on Wednesday.

Rocks plucked from riverbeds and painted by one Haast local have travelled all around the country in a nationwide scavenger hunt.

A horrified mother says a group of first-year University of Otago students were forced to bite off the legs of live ducks as part of a "sick and twisted" Dunedin flat initiation.

A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in South Dunedin.

A Facebook marketplace sale turned ugly when the buyer and seller deliberately rammed each other in a Green Island car park yesterday, witnesses say.

The University of Otago has informed police as it investigates a "traumatic" flat initiation involving a live eel.

The University of Otago has informed police as it investigates a "traumatic" flat initiation involving a live eel.

Electricity company staff worked around the clock to restore power after high winds on Monday brought down lines across the South.

Police speak to one of two youths reported to be brandishing a gun on a Dunedin rooftop yesterday.

Emergency services attend the scene where a ute crashed over a bank near Upper Junction yesterday morning.

Passersby received a shock after seeing a pair of youths brandishing what looked like a gun on a Dunedin rooftop today.