Laine Priestley

It was a busy night at checkpoints around Dunedin yesterday with several drivers blowing high breath alcohol readings.

A man messing with the door handles of a car was found by police dogs after fleeing in Dunedin last night.

Firefighters look for the seat of a fire at the Coptic Orthodox Catholic Church of the Archangel Michael in Melville St, Dunedin, yesterday.

A fire at a central Dunedin church this morning is being treated as suspicious.

A man with blood all over his face banged on the door of a Milton house yesterday, saying he had been mugged.

Two exhausted mountain climbers have been winched by helicopter near the summit of New Zealand’s highest mountain, Aoraki Mt Cook.

A man with blood all over his face banged on the door of a Milton house saying he had been mugged.

A Dunedin woman says her family was abused by a teenage driver after he crashed into their rare American performance car while travelling almost double the speed limit.

One person has suffered moderate injuries after a two-vehicle crash at a busy Dunedin intersection late this afternoon.

Dunedin police could be forgiven for feeling a little sheepish after being outrun by a farm animal which strayed on to some railway tracks.

A young man had his face slashed and another was also injured after their alleged assailant was kicked out of a Dunedin party at the weekend.

Families gathered in Rotary Park this Father’s Day to plant trees in commemoration of loved ones, fathers and anyone or anything else special in their lives.