Clumps of hair pulled out in late night assault
A young woman had clumps of hair ripped from her scalp and took multiple blows to the head during an alleged assault by a teenage girl in central Dunedin.
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Meth used before fatal incident
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Meth used before fatal incident
A Dunedin man has admitted using methamphetamine before committing the manslaughter of his partner, who died after falling from a moving trailer.
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Judge unimpressed by road rage incidents
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Judge unimpressed by road rage incidents
A judge told a Dunedin man he should display a cautionary bumper sticker after his road rage landed him in court.
Man abuses, bites guard asking he leave: police
Man abuses, bites guard asking he leave: police
A security guard was racially abused and bitten by an aggressive man who smashed up a shelf in a central Dunedin chemist shortly before noon on Thursday, police say.
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Speeding, intoxicated on school run
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Speeding, intoxicated on school run
A Dunedin mother admitted drinking a bottle of wine before speeding to pick her children up from school.
Driver allegedly 5 times over limit with child in the car
Driver allegedly 5 times over limit with child in the car
Police are telling people to "expect to be breath-tested" after a Dunedin father was allegedly caught driving more than five times the legal alcohol limit with his child in the car.
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Fatal crash driver hears family's grief
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Fatal crash driver hears family's grief
A Balclutha man who killed his ex-girlfriend by letting her drive drunk while sitting on his lap still describes her as the one he loves the most.
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Kilo of Singapore meth shipped to Dunedin boarding house
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Kilo of Singapore meth shipped to Dunedin boarding house
An Australian deportee has been jailed for four and a-half years after a kilogram of meth was shipped to Dunedin from Singapore.
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'I’m an evil man. I can’t help myself'
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Killer's attack on prison officer due to ‘evil nature’
A convicted murderer who stabbed a prison officer with a pen told a judge: "I’m an evil man. I can’t help myself."
Flasher 'twirled' genitals in front of schoolgirls
Flasher 'twirled' genitals in front of schoolgirls
A Dunedin man who flashed two girls on their way to school has refused to explain why he did it.
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Skipper was distracted by phone before grounding
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Skipper was distracted by phone before grounding
A fishing vessel skipper was distracted by his phone as he steamed towards catastrophe off the Dunedin coast.
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Bid for freedom ‘worth a shot’
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Bid for freedom ‘worth a shot’
A woman who made a desperate dash for freedom on the way to prison said her pre-jail break was "worth a shot".
Notorious Dunedin rapist denied parole again
Notorious Dunedin rapist denied parole again
A rapist who tried to drag a woman into a van in central Dunedin will remain locked up until at least November next year.
Officer 'shaken' after allegedly headbutted in patrol car
Officer 'shaken' after allegedly headbutted in patrol car
A Dunedin officer was left "shaken" after being headbutted three times by an arrested man in a patrol car, police say.
Man stole meat then urinated in store: police
Man stole meat then urinated in store: police
A man shoplifting meat from a central Dunedin supermarket went on to urinate all over stock in the liquor section, police say.
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Worker awarded $20k for forced resignation
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Worker awarded $20k for forced resignation
A liquor store employee has been awarded $20,000 after their manager’s failings forced them to resign.
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Man makes threats to stab health workers over treatment
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Man makes threats to stab health workers over treatment
A Dunedin man threatened to stab health workers after frustrations over a patient’s care.
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Bus hub stabber to appeal sentence
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Bus hub stabber to appeal sentence
The teenager who killed a Dunedin schoolboy at the city’s bus hub will appeal his conviction and sentence.
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Child-molesting snooker champion 'focused on own comfort'
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Child-molesting snooker champion 'focused on own comfort'
A child-molesting national snooker champion "appears more focused on his own comfort" than the impact on his victim, the Parole Board says.
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Rapist’s board hearing ‘traumatic’ — ‘it’s like I’m being re-raped’
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Rapist’s board hearing ‘traumatic’ — ‘it’s like I’m being re-raped’
The Dunedin victim of a remorseless serial predator says the offender’s recent parole hearing was like being "re-raped".