Hospital chiefs back cleaners
Hospital chiefs back cleaners
Dunedin Hospital management has backed its cleaning procedures and staff, as the number of people infected by norovirus while in the hospital continues to climb.
Debbie Porteous
Extra police called up for rogue rally
Extra police called up for rogue rally
Extra officers will be called in from Canterbury, Invercargill and rural parts of Otago this weekend as Dunedin police prepare for the likely arrival of a rogue Undie 500 event.
No BYO for Wingatui 'Melbourne Cup'
No BYO for Wingatui 'Melbourne Cup'
The public will not be allowed to bring their own alcohol to the biggest racing fixture south of the Waitaki River this year.
Car stops just short of rolling
Car stops just short of rolling
A young Dunedin woman was rescued by a passerby yesterday after her vehicle came to a halt leaning precariously down a rock wall after it had skated across and off the edge of Portobello Rd during a hail shower.
800 shut out of Dunedin Hospital
800 shut out of Dunedin Hospital
Dunedin Hospital remains under lockdown this morning as managers try to contain the spread of a highly infectious norovirus after 17 more cases were reported at the weekend.
Body found on foreshore identified
Body found on foreshore identified
Police yesterday named a 22-year-old Wanaka man whose body was discovered on the foreshore of Lake Wanaka about 7.20am on Saturday.
Undie 500 convictions please police
Undie 500 convictions please police
As the court system finishes with last year's offenders, a new group of participants is understood to be gearing up to head south for the annual rally formerly known as the Undie 500.
Police deny stalling report
Police deny stalling report
A delay in the release of a report expected to criticise several Dunedin police officers is the result of confusion around the Independent Police Complaints Authority's processes rather than a deliberate attempt to stall the release, Dunedin police say.
Cars collide with wandering cows
Cars collide with wandering cows
Four cars came to grief and a 55-year-old man was treated in hospital after a series of collisions with a group of cows on Dukes Rd, near Mosgiel, early yesterday.
Incident alleged involving officer
Incident alleged involving officer
Dunedin police are investigating an alleged incident involving a police officer at an Alexandra cafe on July 26.
Two of four fires suspicious in busy morning
Two of four fires suspicious in busy morning
Police and the Fire Service are investigating two suspicious fires in Dunedin yesterday, while three people had near misses in two other fires in a busy morning for the city's firefighters.
Neighbour to the rescue
Neighbour to the rescue
Outram couple Andrew and Shirley Smith are thankful they live in a such a community-minded town after locals banded together to help them save their home yesterday.
Man devastated at damage to car
Man devastated at damage to car
A Dunedin man who has had a "a bad year" says his car being stolen, taken for a joyride and its doors kicked in yesterday was nearly the straw that broke the camel's back.
Two escapes from CYF; six teens in three car thefts
Two escapes from CYF; six teens in three car thefts
Six young people were arrested in two separate incidents involving stolen cars in Dunedin yesterday.
Methadone change please family
Methadone change please family
The family of a Dunedin man who overdosed and died after he was wrongly identified and given someone else's methadone are pleased new guidelines are likely to require pharmacists to confirm a client's identity by photo before dispensing methadone.
Queenstown nightclub owner questions fairness of ruling
Queenstown nightclub owner questions fairness of ruling
Queenstown club Debajo is the first nightclub in the resort to be reined in by a new 4am closing time restriction, and the owner is not happy.
Icy roads make for difficulties
Icy roads make for difficulties
Weather forecasters and emergency service workers are warning Dunedin residents to brace themselves for more ice on the way to work this morning after a heavy frost overnight resulted in several crashes yesterday.
Five Dunedin teens arrested after high speed chase
Five Dunedin teens arrested after high speed chase
Five Dunedin teenagers were arrested in Invercargill on Saturday following a high-speed chase in the central city.
Abbotsford disaster haunts man almost 30 years on
Abbotsford disaster haunts man almost 30 years on
Grant McDowell has a different perspective from many of those caught in the Abbotsford landslip - from the bottom looking up.
Principal who fiddled roll 'not proud'
Principal who fiddled roll 'not proud'
A former Balclutha primary school principal who fiddled roll numbers to gain Government funding says she is not proud of what she did, but hopes something positive will come of it.