Preliminary findings regarding the cause of the death of 37-year-old Port Chalmers man Michael Adam on July 10 have shown that the primary cause of his death was pneumonia.
A watershed battle is looming between DB Breweries and a brewers' advocate group which is taking DB to task for the first time over trademarking generic beer styles.
An "ugly" assault on a female jogger in Dunedin on Monday night has sparked a manhunt for the attacker who slashed her with a broken bottle when she tried to fight him off.
Blogsite Kiwiblog has taken down a thread on Clayton Weatherston and says it will no longer post comments during trials.
Police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man after his body was found in Otago Harbour yesterday.
Plans for an Undie 500 rally to Dunedin this year are likely to be revealed next week, despite city leaders this week telling organisers the event was still not welcome in Dunedin.
A further description of the man who police say attacked a late-night jogger in Dunedin has been released in the hope it will result in more information from the public.
While David Bain is not required to pay back legal aid granted to him for his retrial, he is making some repayments for aid granted to him for pre-trial appeals.
David Bain will not have to pay back legal aid with his earnings from interviews or any other money he might come into.
It was a slippery start to the day for Dunedin motorists yesterday as freezing conditions following an early-morning rain shower turned roads into ice-rinks.
New inquests will not be held into the deaths of the Bain family in Dunedin in 1994 unless someone requests them and the solicitor-general or the High Court grants that request, it was announced yesterday.
A lack of services for Otago offenders who have low-level drug and alcohol problems threatens the integrity of some sentences and could put public safety at risk, a Dunedin District Court judge says.
She is eager to go to work every day, has boundless enthusiasm for the job and is happy to be paid in biscuits.
David Bain allegedly told school friends he could rape a woman and use his paper round as an alibi, according to Crown evidence the jury never got to hear.
An Otago law professor is surprised direct evidence alleging David Bain had plans to use his paper round as an alibi for committing a crime was not allowed to go before the jury when evidence verging on hearsay and detrimental to Robin and Laniet Bain was.
A team effort from passers-by may have saved the life of a Dunedin man when his car crashed into Otago Harbour yesterday.
The longest sentence for animal cruelty in New Zealand was handed down to a Dunedin man in the Dunedin District Court yesterday.
Fewer people are sure David Bain is not guilty of murdering his family, a new poll reveals, but Joe Karam says the result is "hardly surprising" given the "plethora of ill-informed comment" circulated in the past fortnight.
The Bain retrial was moved to Christchurch because of the risk a jury comprised of Dunedin people would be prejudiced or sympathetic towards the victims, the trial judge's decision on the matter reveals.
A former owner of Diesel, the Jack Russell dog violently killed by Jeffrey Hurring in Dunedin earlier this year, says she is relieved some justice has been done for a dog that was "a sweetie".
