A taxi bill of more $2000 for police is another example of the absurdities the High St courthouse is inflicting on the justice sector, Dunedin barrister and historic courthouse advocate Anne Stevens says.
The Brockville School community is pulling together after the school's principal was seriously injured in a crash.
Thieves have stolen irreplaceable memories during a raid on a Dunedin playcentre.
There is a possibility Samuel Richard Scott had a manslaughter case to answer but police blunders in the investigation put paid to justice, legal expert Mark Henaghan says.
There is only one irrefutable fact, John Munro says.
A 22-year-old Dunedin man was taken to hospital following a domestic spat and car crash early yesterday.
Southern police have called on people to think twice before getting behind the wheel after drinking this summer.
Police are investigating the death of a 12-year-old Waikouaiti boy killed in a boating incident on Boxing Day.
The chokehold killer of a Dunedin man remains behind bars because of the high risk he presents to the community, the parole board says.
A young Dunedin boy needed hospital treatment after being attacked by an escaped police dog, it has been revealed.
One of Otago's top policewomen has been seconded to the West Coast to lead the troubled area through restructuring of its policing services.
The mother of a Dunedin woman who had been brutally stabbed and left for dead says her family will live in fear for the rest of their lives after confirmation the offender will be released this month.
Robbies Bar and Bistro owners Joy and Warren Jones are feeling lucky despite a trip to the emergency department after a fire at the restaurant last night.
Off-duty volunteer lifeguards rescued five swimmers who were caught in a rip at the unpatrolled St Kilda Beach yesterday.
Tensions are rising in Brighton Rd as reports of more than 30 freedom campers cramming into the Ocean View Reserve become common.
A high-risk violent offender who used a child as a human shield during an armed stand-off with police in Otago will be released from prison this month after more than six years behind bars.
Two people were taken to hospital after a crash involving a campervan driven by a German tourist near Karitane yesterday.
Police are speaking to a man after shots were heard being fired at a Corstorphine address this afternoon.
Two university students face charges carrying life sentences after police and Customs raids netted thousands of dollars in cash and drugs.
Police have named the woman hit by a car between Bluff and Invercargill early on Monday.
