Shawn McAvinue

A forensic unit examined a property north of Dunedin yesterday after a cache of firearms was stolen.

A storm with heavy rain and strong winds is lining up Otago.

Children cheered as "chocolate robbers'' were cuffed then stuffed into the back of a police car in Dunedin yesterday.

Power has been restored to 150 customers in Mosgiel after an outage at lunchtime today.

A guide dog trainer in Dunedin has a bone to pick with the minority of councils in New Zealand — including two in Otago — wanting to charge a fee to register her recruits.

The police investigation of an armed robbery of a dairy continued in Dunedin yesterday.

A house has been extensively damaged by fire in East Otago.

A Dunedin dancer is living her dream as a showgirl in the world's most famous cabaret.

A 4WD skidded on ice in central Dunedin this morning and crashed into a wall - just after the driver turned on traction control.

About 700 customers lost power for a time in and around Queenstown tonight.

A bus has rolled on State Highway 6 near Makarora this evening but there look to be no injuries resulting from the accident.

The South-East Marine Protection Forum has made public the more than 2800 submissions received through its consultation process.

The icy conditions are set to stay in Dunedin, as police warn motorists to drive to the conditions following a crash near Outram yesterday.

A contract to build a new museum in Waikouaiti will be signed this week.

In a cooking competition against the clock, a group of young chefs missed a bus from the Otago Farmers Market and were shown ''no mercy'' by the judges but managed to serve on time.

A car slid off Portobello Rd into Otago Harbour in Dunedin last night.

A house in Southland has been badly damaged by fire overnight.