Shawn McAvinue

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

A man died on State Highway 1 in Waikouaiti late on Thursday night, despite attempts by fire fighters to resuscitate him.

A car has been "destroyed'' by a suspicious fire in Dunedin last night.

Police are investigating after a tablet and $4000 cash was stolen from a property in the Clutha District.

A man with serious injuries remains in Dunedin Hospital after after a motorcycle and truck crash in Mosgiel.

Some Dunedin school pupils have multiplied a measly handful of  fivers into a whopping $4500 for charity.

A visit to a refugee camp at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe was a "mind-blowing" experience, a Dunedin woman says.

Police divert traffic in Belleknowes after a truck downed telecommunications lines in Dunedin yesterday.

A demolition crew got to work on a fire-damaged house in North Rd, Dunedin, yesterday.

Traffic was delayed after a van hit a street light on an overbridge in central Dunedin yesterday, a police spokeswoman said.

Is rain the only way to dampen "skyrocketing" power bills?  Shawn McAvinue investigates.

A laptop was stolen from a house in Elm Row in central Dunedin between midnight and 7am yesterday, police say.

A vehicle hit ice and flipped on its side near Clinton this morning.

A hunter was treated for hypothermia yesterday after he became disoriented and spent the night "hunkered down" in Dunedin bush.

A gesture to acknowledge his war effort brought a veteran to tears in Dunedin Hospital earlier this week.

Two hunters who sparked a police search in Dunedin hills this morning have turned up ''fine but a bit cold''.

A competition to find the best and brightest trainee electricians in Otago was held in Dunedin yesterday.

A public meeting to ''brainstorm'' ideas to protect the future of the Mosgiel Railway Station was announced yesterday.