Rob Kidd

With a baby on the way, the Prime Minister’s decision to contribute a bottle of South Island whisky  to a time capsule being stashed in the refurbished Dunedin Law Courts  was a no-brainer.

The rising tide of methamphetamine in the South has resulted in an armed Dunedin dealer being jailed for more than two years.

A family's boozy birthday celebrations ended in a brawl in the Octagon captured on CCTV, a court has heard.

A Dunedin man who stabbed a nurse in the neck with scissors after molesting her will remain behind bars for at least another 15 months.

A Mosgiel man has been found guilty of raping his pregnant partner.

A Mosgiel man told police he ''lost the plot'' when he repeatedly punched his pregnant partner but has denied raping her.

A former student who imported and sold drugs from his North Dunedin flat has been released from prison with two years of his sentence left to serve.

A sex offender who abused five girls over more 24 years has been denied parole after claiming he does not remember his offending.

After allegedly raping his pregnant partner, a Mosgiel man molested her while she breast-fed their son, a court has heard.

A Dunedin man’s decision to steal an $8000 bike and sell it to Cash Converters for $200 was "not the smartest move", a judge says.

A surf-lifesaving coach will be able to continue teaching children after a bar-room brawl, a court has heard.

A Dunedin man jailed for eight and a-half years for sexually abusing his partner, has been released on parole.

A Dunedin woman has been found guilty of blackmailing a fellow boarding-house resident.

After sharing the field with Richie McCaw just hours earlier, a national touch rugby representative consumed an ''enormous'' amount of alcohol and drove wildly around Queenstown.

A man says he was swindled out of $400 through a crude honey trap at a Dunedin boarding house.

A man charged with setting a fire at Wakari Hospital, which caused several staff members to be hospitalised, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.

A Dunedin man has been blasted by a judge for "literally drinking and driving".

An Australian cruise ship passenger accused of sexually assaulting a woman on a vessel bound for Dunedin has been allowed to leave New Zealand.