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.
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.
Dunedin police are investigating an alleged incident involving a police officer at an Alexandra cafe on July 26.
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.
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.
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.
Six young people were arrested in two separate incidents involving stolen cars in Dunedin yesterday.
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 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.
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 teenagers were arrested in Invercargill on Saturday following a high-speed chase in the central city.
Grant McDowell has a different perspective from many of those caught in the Abbotsford landslip - from the bottom looking up.
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.
Former Mongrel Mob boss turned Christian soldier Tuhoe Isaac thinks some gang members probably avoid him because they think they will get "saved".
The main roads to the Otago Peninsula are reportedly open again, but speed restrictions are in place and extreme care must be taken, the Dunedin City Council says.
The public release of an Independent Police Complaints Authority report, expected to criticise the actions of several senior Dunedin police officers, was withdrawn at the 11th hour yesterday when it was discovered not all officers involved had read the report.
Police are appealing for witnesses to verify what happened in an incident that left an 18-year-old fighting for his life in Dunedin hospital on Sunday.
After three years in the hot seat, the Southern police district commander is heading back to his old turf.
Southern police district Superindendant George Fraser has been announced as the new District Commander of Auckland City.
A barefoot prisoner who escaped from police custody on Saturday morning while helping with an investigation was found in Dunedin yesterday.
