Dunedin Airport has accused the government of double-dipping and questionable law-making in a submission calling on it to abandon a move which raises the cost of bringing back international flights.

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says who should take the lead on making the bus hub safer is not a "hot potato" despite staff from the two councils pointing the finger at each other.

A teenager kicked a man in the face while he was on the ground, leaving him with six damaged teeth that required urgent surgery, a court has heard.

Half a million books could be bound for Dunedin if the closure of a prominent second-hand bookshop goes ahead, its owner says.