Rob Kidd

The owner of Dunedin's seminal music venue has admitted deliberately driving at a pedestrian, in an incident a witness described as "like something out of reality TV".

Fuelled by jealousy and owed $400, William Hillis Cottle went on a violent rampage, a court has heard.

A Dunedin taxi driver who allegedly groped a female passenger wept openly as his wife professed her love for him in court.

A Dunedin man has been found guilty of repeatedly sexually assaulting his stepdaughter over a four-year period.

A Dunedin taxi driver is accused of molesting a female passenger after giving her a free ride home.

A truck driver with a record of bad driving who hit a school bus near Palmerston has suffered post-traumatic stress disorder since the incident, a court has heard.

A 40-year-old Dunedin man with 186 convictions, described as ''the textbook'' offender, has been given a chance to turn his life around.

Two men have been stung with fines totalling $3000 and stripped of a vehicle and fishing gear after trying to sneak excess paua away from Warrington.

‘‘I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I’ve never hurt anyone,’’ a Milton drink-driver told police when he was pulled over.

A judge has ordered the destruction of a dog that mauled a 3-year-old, despite the Dunedin pet owner's protestations.

Within half an hour of being served with a protection order barring him from contacting his ex-partner, Bobby Darin MacGillivray got in his car to look for her.

Robbing a taxi driver of $100 — using her fingernail to mimic a weapon — has landed a Dunedin woman in jail for two and a-half years.

The Otago tradesman accused of raping a woman in a Waihola public toilet can now be named.

A Dunedin prisoner assessed as posing a "dynamic risk" of violence to women has been denied parole again.

A man accused of murdering a Dunedin couple and setting fire to their house will keep his identity under wraps until at least June.

When a Dunedin chef was arrested after importing more than $150,000 of ecstasy, he admitted to police that he was a drug dealer and explained he had children to raise.

A Dunedin man who distributed nearly 2500 child-abuse images to boost his profile within a paedophile ring will be paroled five months short of his sentence end date.

A woman has steadfastly maintained she was raped by her stepfather despite a defence lawyer suggesting her account of abuse was nonsensical.