A fortnight ago, the Otago Daily Times highlighted the growing issue of violent youth offending. But behind those statistics are children struggling and fighting their way through life.
Worksafe Victoria is investigating the death of a former Dunedin man who died after falling from a ladder at a construction site in Melbourne this month.
The condition of the Frasers Gully track was not to blame for a man who fell, injured himself and spent the night in near-freezing temperatures last week, the Dunedin City Council says.
Police throughout the South Island are still hunting for a man, believed to be armed, and considered dangerous, after a reported sighting in Central Otago came to nothing.
Frosty conditions are expected to greet motorists again this morning after police issued a warning to motorists following freezing fog on the Taieri yesterday.