Laine Priestley

A driver fled the scene after slamming into a power pole and blocking a driveway in north Dunedin.

Thieves in the Caversham area were hard at work last night.

An intoxicated group acting up in the central city liquor ban zone had their fun cut short by Dunedin police last night.

Two men assaulted a woman after vandalising a fence, police say.

Dunedin police are appealing to the public to locate a pedestrian who was hit by a car on Friday.

A man with the munchies who was passed out behind the wheel was among the people Dunedin police had to deal with at the weekend.

A group of Camp Quality volunteers from all across Otago and Southland walked laps of the world’s steepest street yesterday to allow children living with cancer to go to camp.

An overtaking manoeuvre caused a car to crash down a bank in North Dunedin yesterday. 

A pedestrian hit by a vehicle on Dunedin's Southern Motorway is in a critical condition in hospital, police say.

A Dunedin man allegedly assaulted a bus driver by punching her in the head on Thursday.

A female bus driver was allegedly assaulted by a man who threw a bottle at the bus and forced his way on board in South Dunedin, police say. 

A car crashed into the bridge over the Kaikorai Stream Estuary yesterday, police say.

A flight was diverted back to Auckland after failing to land twice at Dunedin Airport in strong winds this morning.

A man with a knife allegedly threatened to kill a pedestrian while they were walking in central Dunedin, police say.