It was not known how a 70-year-old man whose body was discovered near Keyhole Rock at Aramoana in March last year got into difficulties and drowned, while diving for seafood, but the death was not suspicious, the coroner for the Otago-Southland region has found.
The level of access New Zealanders have to alcohol outlets varies dramatically, depending on whether they live in poor or affluent neighbourhoods, University of Otago research shows.
A 26-year-old man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 20-year-old university student in Dunedin yesterday was arrested after her flatmates stopped him from leaving until police arrived.
Moana Aranui was looking for a more secure life for her daughter and herself when her partner stabbed her to death, her sister says.
In a frank and revealing interview with Debbie Porteous, in Christchurch, Lesley and Gil Elliott talk about the justice system, their murdered daughter Sophie, her killer and what happened that day.
Clayton Weatherston's parents say their son is an honest person and they believe his account of his relationship with Sophie Elliott.
Lesley Elliott has a message of support to share with young men and women who, like her murdered daughter Sophie, find themselves in abusive relationships. She spoke to Debbie Porteous.
The warning signs were there before Dunedin woman Moana Aranui was killed, and if someone had had the courage to talk about what was happening in her relationship help might have been available, Women's Refuge says.
Regular users of a railway crossing to Magnet St in Dunedin say it is dangerous, after active alarms were removed when the original crossing made way for the Forsyth Barr Stadium construction site.
An Auckland property developer is facing drug charges after being arrested following her erratic behaviour at Dunedin International Airport on Sunday.
A victim's Dunedin-based mother is upset registered victims were not told, as promised, when one of New Zealand's worst mass murderers was released from psychiatric care and allowed to live freely in the Wellington area.
Guilt or innocence can sometimes seem the furthest thing from the minds of the country's defence lawyers. Debbie Porteous asks whether this is a problem.
Recent cases have highlighted the challenges modern digital media present to traditional laws of "contempt" - which govern what can and cannot be published before and during trials. Debbie Porteous examines the issues.
The jury in the Clayton Weatherston murder trial has retired for the night and will continue its deliberations tomorrow at 9:30am.
International economics academics have praised the work of slain Dunedin woman Sophie Elliott, saying she had a "beautiful mind" and an exciting career ahead of her.
If Clayton Weatherston had any underlying psychological issues, he kept them well hidden at high school, a former school friend says.
Sophie Elliott's father left the court room when Clayton Weatherston's lawyer suggested his wife, Lesley Elliott's evidence was not reliable because of what she had seen that day.
There were gasps from the public gallery and Sophie Elliott's father and another man walked out of the High Court at Christchurch yesterday, when Clayton Weatherston's lawyer suggested Miss Elliott's mother was not a reliable witness because what she saw the day her daughter was killed must have traumatised her.
Students stayed away from both the tomatoes and potential trouble at a La Tomatina party in Dunedin's student quarter yesterday.
Some southern gun owners will be affected by a reclassification of some sports guns to military-style semi-automatics, a gun dealer says.
