Kay Sinclair

Investigator witness for arson defence

Investigator witness for arson defence

An Australian fire investigator "with vast experience'' is the only defence witness in the trial of an Alexandra man accused of deliberately setting fire to his former workplace.

Items used to start Wastebusters fire : investigator

Fire risk management officers Catherine Trevathan and Stuart Ide confer at the scene of the...

Items used to start Wastebusters fire : investigator

Spray cans, a tyre and newspaper were used to start a fire which caused significant damage to the Wastebusters recycling facility in Alexandra two and a-half years ago, a specialist fire investigator said yesterday.

Jailed for rape, assault of partner

A South Otago man, jailed for raping and assaulting his pregnant partner who was breast-feeding another child, was granted final name suppression.

Man told friend he set fire to colleague's car

Three people leaving an Alexandra gym the night the town's recycling centre was badly damaged by fire in 2015 thought flames they could see were from a burn-off or rubbish fire, a Dunedin District...

Man jailed for threats, assaults on woman

Assaults by a Dunedin man who twice head-butted a woman before threatening to kill her have brought him a prison sentence totalling 27 months.

Meth offences result in jail term of nearly eight years

Milton man Kelvin Wisely in the dock in the Dunedin District Court last November. PHOTO: STAFF...

Meth offences result in jail term of nearly eight years

A Milton man has been jailed for almost eight years for his part in distributing more than $100,000 of methamphetamine in the lower South Island and told he was part of an industry which...

Milton drug seller jailed for almost 8 years

Kelvin Wisely in the Dunedin District Court. Photo: Staff Photographer

Milton drug seller jailed for almost 8 years

A Milton man has been jailed for seven years and 10 months for his part in distributing more than $100,000 of meth couriered to him from Hamilton for sale through associates around Otago and Southland.

Bike team taking on Cook Strait

Mosgiel Central Kindergarten teacher Erana Fielding keeps up her cycling fitness after the...

Bike team taking on Cook Strait

Taking part in a national cycle challenge was "such a lovely team-building thing" for staff at a Mosgiel kindergarten that they have decided to do a "swim month".

Man’s guilty plea to sexual offending proves girl is no liar

Alexandra man Roy Nicholson has been refused final name suppression and sentenced to 10 years’ jail for sexual offending against a young girl who was called a liar when she accused him.

Detention for sex offence

An 18-year-old man has avoided prison for sexual offending against an underage girl he met on social media.

Man jailed for ‘gross abuse’

A man who raped and sexually abused a young girl hundreds of times over four and a-half years has been jailed for 15 years and must serve at least eight before being deported.

22 graduating today after leaving Cadbury

Former factory employees Leanne Dewes and David Bettis look ahead to a bright future as they...

22 graduating today after leaving Cadbury

Twenty-two Cadbury staff are today swapping factory overalls for graduation regalia after they enjoy a final morning tea with workmates.

No evidence of barred chemicals in airport foam

Dunedin Airport appears to be in the clear when it comes to firefighting chemicals implicated in groundwater contamination around the Ohakea air base.

Eye-catching Evie stars in ad

Dunedin electrical engineer Hagen Bruggemann behind the wheel of Evie, the transformed 1957 Ford...

Eye-catching electric Evie stars in a commercial

What is large, bright yellow and leaves other vehicles standing in its wake?

Offenders’ work benefiting groups

Offenders on community work carry out repairs to a farm fence after flooding near Balclutha last...

Offenders’ work benefiting groups

Community organisations and not-for-profit groups throughout Otago and Southland benefited last year from the free labour of hundreds of local offenders on sentences of community work.

Otago-built weta havens snare Japanese pest

A researcher in the Ogasawara Islands south of Japan checks an Otago prison-designed-and-built...

Otago-built weta havens snare Japanese pest

An Otago prison-designed and built weta house now has an additional use, thousands of miles from New Zealand — as a trap for invasive lizards.

Creating dress of old book bits works

Dunedin Public Library assistant and fashion design graduate Jill Bowie displays the dress she...

Creating dress of old book bits works

When is a badly damaged book a thing of beauty?

Safety behind cycleway changes: NZTA

Safety was the main reason for moving the north-bound section of Dunedin's urban cycleway from the left to the right hand side of the highway, NZ Transport Agency says.

Theologian regards century of change

Sir Lloyd Geering , controversial theologian and former Dunedin Presbyterian minister, who will...

Theologian regards century of change

As he approaches his 100th birthday, former Dunedin Presbyterian minister and controversial theologian Sir Lloyd Geering is writing another book.

Message for life all over his face

With his girlfriend Elena Engelharet, Romanian-born Catalin Onc hopes to pass on a positive...

Message for life written all over his face

Catalin Onc’s message for life is written on his face - and his head - in Times Roman.

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