Rob Kidd

Within weeks of her release from prison, a Dunedin mother of two went from bank fraudster to benefit fraudster.

When police raided Benjamin Zachery Burgess's home in June last year they found more than 600 stolen items - and that was only part of his ill-gotten haul.

A duo orchestrated a ruse to portray their boarder as a paedophile and swindle him out of $10,000, a court has heard.

A Dunedin engineering firm has been stung with a bill for more than $30,000 after unlawfully sacking a worker.

An Otago law firm has been ordered to pay a former employee more than $30,000 after an "unfair and inadequate employment investigation" resulted in her dismissal.

The second of a duo who plagued Dunedin tradies by stealing $34,000 of tools has been jailed for more than two years.

A man who led police on a half-hour chase around Dunedin will be off the road for 15 months.

A Dunedin man has been charged with possession of footage of the Christchurch mosque shootings.

Judging by his shopping list, it would appear Brandon Antony Macgregor was a man of expensive tastes and a sophisticated palate.

A North Otago man travelled 100km to steal eight pairs of women's undies, a court has heard.

A repeat sex offender is back behind bars after being caught with child-abuse material again.

The morning after police gave him a lift home, a drunken Mosgiel man decided to return to the station.

A labourer accused of commenting on a co-worker's breasts has been awarded $10,000 after his employer treated him unfairly.

A man accused of kidnapping and attempted murder will remain behind bars without plea until next month.

A Dunedin man has been locked up after police found a large-scale cannabis grow at his home that could have scored him more than $100,000.

A Samoan national who groped a 12-year-old girl while on a religious camp in Central Otago will be sent home.